Flaubert's Parrot

Flaubert's Parrot

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Author: Julian Barnes

Format: Paperback / softback

Number of Pages: 192


'An intricate and delightful novel' (Graham Greene) from Booker prize-winning author Julian Barnes. Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave Flaubert. As Geoffrey investigates the mystery of the stuffed parrot Flaubert borrowed from the Museum of Rouen to help research one of his novels, we learn an enormous amount about the writer's work, family, lovers, thought processes, health and obsessions. But we also gradually come to learn some important and shocking details about Geoffrey himself.
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Author: Julian Barnes

Format: Paperback / softback

Number of Pages: 192


'An intricate and delightful novel' (Graham Greene) from Booker prize-winning author Julian Barnes. Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave Flaubert. As Geoffrey investigates the mystery of the stuffed parrot Flaubert borrowed from the Museum of Rouen to help research one of his novels, we learn an enormous amount about the writer's work, family, lovers, thought processes, health and obsessions. But we also gradually come to learn some important and shocking details about Geoffrey himself.
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