When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist and draws him into the story of a donkey and a howler monkey-named Beatrice and Virgil-and the epic journey they undertake together. With all the spirit and originality that made Life of Pi so beloved, Beatrice and Virgil takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. On the way, Yann Martel asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity.