Query: Weidenfeld & nicolson books about and set in Paris
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
The Parrot's Theorem
Evidence from documents: The Parrot's Theorem: '''''The Parrot's Theorem''''' is a French novel written by Denis Guedj and published in 1998. An English translation was published in 2000.


The plot revolves around a household in Paris: Mr Ruche, an elderly wheelchair-using bookseller, his employee and housemate Perrette, and Perrette's three children – teenage twins and young Max, who is deaf. Max liberates a talking parrot at the market and Mr Ruche receives a consignment of mathematical books from an old friend, who has lived in Brazil for decades without any contact between the two.