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Historical figures in foreign fiction: Beekeeping Beckett

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       I'm a sucker for the (creative) use of real figures in fiction (see also the index of Real People in Works of Fiction under review at the complete review), and so something like Martin Page's L'apiculture selon Samuel Beckett (which I assume will be translated as 'Beekeeping with Samuel Beckett') certainly catches my eye; see, for example, the review in Le magazine littéraire.
       This is Martin Page -- author of How I became Stupid --, so my hopes aren't too high ... but I am a bit curious. I'm also surprised the Beckett estate hasn't crushed this (yet ?) .....

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