Beatrice and Virgil (Signed First Edition)

Yann Martel

ISBN 10: 1847677657 / ISBN 13: 9781847677655

Published by Cannongate, London., 2010

About this Item

LONDON: Cannongate, 2010. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page and dated by him in June 2010, the month of publication. New/New. A pristine unread copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket cover. Shipped in well padded box. Smoke-free, defect-free. This book was opened only for author to sign (name only, no personal inscriptions). Purchased new, author-signed, shelved and untouched since then. With silk page marker. LIFE OF PI sticker on front dust jacket cover, as issued. UK-LD.

Seller Inventory # 11-2012-32

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beatrice and Virgil (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Cannongate, London.
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847677657
• ISBN 13: 9781847677655
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Fate takes many forms . . . When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulling into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey - named Beatrice and Virgil - and the epic journey they undertake together. With all the spirit and orginality that made Life of Pi so treasured, this brilliant new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. On the way, Martel asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity.

About the Author

Yann Martel is the author of a short story collection, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and of four novels, Self, Beatrice & Virgil, Life of Pi (for which he was awarded the 2002 Man Booker Prize), and his latest, The High Mountains of Portugal. Life of Pi was adapted for the silver screen by Ang Lee, garnering four Oscars. Martel also ran a guerilla book club with Stephen Harper, sending the former prime minister of Canada a book every two weeks for four years. The letters that accompanied the books were published as 101 Letters to a Prime Minister. Martel lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with the writer Alice Kuipers, and their four children.