Yann Martel takes break from lobbying PM to promote new novel
Having sent Canadian premier Stephen Harper a book every fortnight since 2007, the Booker winner is putting his campaign on hold to concentrate on the launch of Beatrice and Virgil
Seventy-six books and three years after Yann Martel began his quest to get Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper reading, the Booker prize-winning author of Life of Pi has announced that he's planning to take a four-month break from his mission as he sets off to promote his own new novel, Beatrice and Virgil.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Monday, 1 March, 2010
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