TY - BOOK N2 - Flaubert's parrot: Relates a cranky amateur scholar's search for the truth about Gustave Flaubert, and the obsession of this detective whose life seems to oddly mirror those of Flaubert's characters. History of the world in 10 1/2 chapters: An eccentiric, playfully skewed, surprisingly comprehensive chronicle of life on planet Earth. A novel whose threads of coincidence and hidden connection are woven into a narrative tapestry brilliant with wit, intelligence, and emotion. AB - Flaubert's parrot: Relates a cranky amateur scholar's search for the truth about Gustave Flaubert, and the obsession of this detective whose life seems to oddly mirror those of Flaubert's characters. History of the world in 10 1/2 chapters: An eccentiric, playfully skewed, surprisingly comprehensive chronicle of life on planet Earth. A novel whose threads of coincidence and hidden connection are woven into a narrative tapestry brilliant with wit, intelligence, and emotion. T1 - Flaubert's parrot :A history of the world in 10 1/2 chapters / DA - 2012. CY - New York : AU - Barnes, Julian. AU - Barnes, Julian. VL - no. 348 CN - PR6052.A6657 CN - PR6052.A6657 PB - Everyman's Library, PP - New York : PY - 2012. N1 - "This is a Borzoi book." ID - 453450 KW - Biographers KW - Literary historians KW - World history SN - 9780307961433 SN - 0307961435 TI - Flaubert's parrot :A history of the world in 10 1/2 chapters / ER -