The Book Of Evidence
de Banville, John
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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, Charie. 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.
El Sep 12, 2009, serendipity dijo
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.
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THE BOOK OF EVIDENCE
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London: Secker & Warburg, 1989. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 220. A fine copy in dj. A first person prison testimony ... which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 1989 and won the 1989 Guinness Peat Aviation Award. Precio
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London: Secker & Warburg, 1989. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 5". None. A first edition of this award-winning novel by John Banville. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and winner of the Guinness Peat Aviation award, The Book of Evidence is the gripping narrative of Freddie Montgomery, a scientist who murders a servant girl during… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The dustjacket shows light edgewear and is protected in a mylar cover. The pages are age toned. Small emainder mark on bottom page edge Signed by the author on the title page.
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London: Secker & Warburg, 1989. The book contains the review slip. The dust jacket has general wearing to the corners and edges and there is rubbing to the main body. The pages have started to yellow but the text is clean, bright and tight.. First Edition. hardcover. Good/Good. Used. Precio
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LONDON: SECKER & WARBURG.. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0436032678 . First edition. Near fine in fine dust jacket. (Usual age toning to paper in text. ) . Precio
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Simon & Schuster, 1990. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Book of Evidence
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989 F/F. 8vo. original oatmeal cloth backed boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. [iv), 220. A fine copy. Flatsigned to title page 'John Banville'.. Signed by Author. Second Printing. Hard Cover. F/F. Precio
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. First Printing. Hardcover. 0684191806 . DJ in mylar protector. . Precio
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Random House (UK), 1997. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Precio
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