Yann Martel presents his book 'Beatrice and Virgil' April 14, 2010

Martel won the 2002 Man Booker Prize for The Life of Pi, his story of a boy and a tiger adrift at sea. His new novel, featuring a donkey, a howler monkey, and an enigmatic taxidermist, is an equally whimsical and philosophical consideration of truth and deception, responsibility and complicity

Two author event admission tickets are free with book purchase from Politics & Prose or are $12 each without book purchase.

Tickets and books will be held for pickup at the venue Will Call on the day of the event. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the event begins at 7 p.m. with General Admission. The booksigning will take place after Yann Martel speaks.

Official Website: http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/yann-martel-beatrice-and-virgil-sixth-i