The Book of Evidence
de Banville, John
- Usado
- Estado
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684191806
- ISBN 13
- 9780684191805
- Librería
-
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
2 copias disponibles en esta librería
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Reseñas
Written in precise, almost cold prose, Banville's masterpiece (and really, which of his novels isn't a masterpiece?) tells the story of Freddie Montgomery, formerly a brilliant mathematician who's fallen on hard times in the Meditteranean where he and his wife have been living, drinking with and cadging money from the local colourful ex-pat community.
In debt, Freddie returns home to Ireland and attempts to retrieve paintings his widowed mother sold to a family friend. This sets off a series of events that result in Freddie stealing a Dutch master and killing a serving-girl, before going on the run and hiding out with another old family friend, Charlie.
That bald descritpiton of the plot does nothing to describe just how wonderful this novel is: part memoir, part confession, concerned with mathematics, philosophy, the nature of evil, sex, death, and other themes Banville regularly explores.
Based in part on a real-life murder case that shocked Ireland in the 1980's and had an interesting political denouement, this novel is easily one of Banville's best. Should have won the Booker for him in 1989.
The finest fiction writer at work today.
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- Better World Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 3390996-6
- Título
- The Book of Evidence
- Autor
- Banville, John
- Estado del libro
- Used - Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 2
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0684191806
- ISBN 13
- 9780684191805
- Editorial
- Simon & Schuster
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 1989
Términos de venta
Better World Books
Better World Books wants every single one of its customers to be happy with their purchase. If you are not satisfied your purchase or simply find out that it was not the book you were looking for, please e-mail us at: help@betterworldbooks.com. We will get back to you as soon as possible with directions on how to return the book to our warehouse. Please keep in mind that because we deal mostly in used books, any extra components, such as CDs or access codes, are usually not included. CDs: If the book does include a CD, it will be noted in the book's description ("With CD!"). Otherwise, there is no CD included, even if the term is used in the book's title. Access Codes: Unless the book is described as "New," please assume that the book does *not* have an access code.