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Yann Martel, a Canadian writer riding his first big success, freely credits another author with the idea behind his prize-winning novel — the tale of a shipwrecked boy trapped in a boat with a wild feline.
Yet the 39-year-old Martel found himself entangled in controversy Wednesday over the inspiration he drew from a novel published some two decades ago by one of Brazil\’s most respected authors, Moacyr Scliar.
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