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Recently widowed and increasingly lonely, Roswell's life had arrived at the point when he felt he needed a tattoo. His ideal image was that of a bat featured on an 18th-century bowl in the Victoria and Albert Museum, but strangely, on a visit to the museum, he encountered a woman called Sarah, who was compelled by the same bat. What did it mean?

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'Neither science fiction nor fantasy but with elements of both, Hoban's 11th novel is weird, humorous, playful and very enjoyable' Daily Mail 'His meditations seem to stem from real creative rapture, and his visionary interpretations are a joy to explore' The Times

The Bat Tattoo

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    A Paperback by Russell Hoban

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: 10/6/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780747561637, 978-0747561637
      ISBN10: 074756163X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Recently widowed and increasingly lonely, Roswell's life had arrived at the point when he felt he needed a tattoo. His ideal image was that of a bat featured on an 18th-century bowl in the Victoria and Albert Museum, but strangely, on a visit to the museum, he encountered a woman called Sarah, who was compelled by the same bat. What did it mean?

      Trade Review
      'Neither science fiction nor fantasy but with elements of both, Hoban's 11th novel is weird, humorous, playful and very enjoyable' Daily Mail 'His meditations seem to stem from real creative rapture, and his visionary interpretations are a joy to explore' The Times

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