Super Short Summary

In Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel, novelist Henry L’Hote, discouraged after failing to pitch a Holocaust-themed book, receives a letter from a taxidermist seeking help on a play featuring two characters—Beatrice, a donkey, and Virgil, a monkey. As Henry helps develop the story, he suspects the taxidermist's troubling past which leads to a violent climax, forever altering Henry's perspective and creative journey.