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Description for SHROUD
Paperback. A chillingly beautiful novel by the author of the Man Booker Prize-winning The Sea. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 346.
‘Shroud will not be easily surpassed for its combination of wit, moral complexity and compassion. It is hard to see what more a novel could do’ Irish Times
Dark secrets and reality unravel in Shroud, the second of John Banville's three novels to feature Cass Cleave, alongside Eclipse and Ancient Light.
Axel Vander, distinguished intellectual and elderly academic, is not the man he seems.
When a letter arrives out of the blue, threatening to unveil his secrets – and carefully concealed identity – Vander travels to Turin to meet its author. There, muddled by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330483148
SKU
V9780330483148
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About John Banville
John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. His first book, Long Lankin, was published in 1970. His other books include Nightspawn , Birchwood, Doctor Copernicus (which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1976), Kepler (which was awarded the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1981), The Newton Letter, Mefisto, The Book of Evidence, Ghosts, Athena, The Untouchable, ... Read more
Reviews for SHROUD
In beautiful, lucid prose John Banville describes a tragedy so strongly rooted in history and character that, like all real tragedies, it could not happen otherwise.
The Times
Banville is merciless in the details . . . he has a gift for enigmatic clarity.
Daily Telegraph
The narrative frequently takes on the qualities of a dream, ... Read more
The Times
Banville is merciless in the details . . . he has a gift for enigmatic clarity.
Daily Telegraph
The narrative frequently takes on the qualities of a dream, ... Read more