The Untouchable by John Banville
Examines the lives of the Cambridge spies, and in particular Anthony Blunt. The story is told by Blunt, in the form of a journal which starts on the "first day of the new life". The author uses the "secret life" as a way to explore the darker realms of the 20th century and its hidden minds.
John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of many highly acclaimed and prize-winning novels including The Sea, which won the 2005 Booker Prize, and the Revolutions, Frames, and Cleave trilogies. He has been awarded the Franz Kafka Prize and a literary award from the Lannan Foundation. He lives in Dublin.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780330339315 |
| ISBN 10 | 0330339311 |
| Title | The Untouchable |
| Author | John Banville |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 1997-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Whitbread Book Awards: Novel Category 1997 |
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