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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Christopher Moore, who brings Gustav Klimt, Sigmund Freud, an undead woman, and a host of other unlikely characters together in his latest book, "Anima Rising.

And we will find out in the course of the book ... MOORE: Obviously, I've fictionalized him, but what we don't know about him is how he thought about many things. He did not write about his art.

And we will find out in the course of the book that she is ... Are they just objects to him? MOORE: Obviously, I've fictionalized him, but what we don't know about him is how he thought about many ...