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Pi author plans Holocaust novel

Beatrice And Virgil, a literary allegory for the Holocaust, will be published around the world in June 2010 - eight years after Life of Pi.

It will ask "profound and philosophical questions about the nature of love and evil", said the publishers.

The Canadian author's winning novel is one of the most successful Booker books to date.
Read entire article at BBC