Beatrice and Virgil

Overview:

  • Title: Beatrice and Virgil
  • Author: Yann Martel
  • Year: 2010
  • ISBN-10: 9781400069262
  • Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
  • Price: $24.00
  • Pages: [6]+213
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Beatrice and Virgil
  • Notes:
    • First printing per number line and also "First Edition" on the copyright page.
    • The 2010-04-13 date is from amazon.com. The publication has "2010" on the title page by the publisher name.
    • USA edition per "Published in the United States by Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York." "Printed in the United States of America"
    • The cover art is credited on the rear jacket flap.
    • The interior are is credited on the copyright page "The illustration on page 142 is by Tomislav Torjanac."
    • The story ends on page 197. Pages 198 on out are not numbered. Page [198] is blank. Page [199] is the half title page for "Games for Gustav" done in the same font/size as the half title page found on page [1] for "Beatrice and Virgil". Page [200] is blank. Pages [201] to [213] contain panels titles "Game Number One" on to "Game Number Thirteen" that each poses a situation and asks a question such as "Your ten-year-old son is speaking to you. He says he has found a way of obtaining some potatoes to feed your starving family. If he is caught, he will be killed. Do you let him go?" Pages [214] to [216] are blank. Page [217] has an "About the Author" essay. Page [218] is blank.