The Book of Evidence
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The Book of Evidence by John Banville
John Banville's stunning powers of mimicry are brilliantly on display in this engrossing novel, the darkly compelling confession of an improbable murderer.Freddie Montgomery is a highly cultured man, a husband and father living the life of a dissolute exile on a Mediterranean island. When a debt comes due and his wife and child are held as collateral, he returns to Ireland to secure funds. That pursuit leads to murder. And here is his attempt to present evidence, not of his innocence, but of his life, of the events that lead to the murder he committed because he could. Like a hero out of Nabokov or Camus, Montgomery is a chillingly articulate, self-aware, and amoral being, whose humanity is painfully on display.
John Banville was born in the Irish town of Wexford in 1945. He has won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the GuardianFiction Prize, and the Lannan Literary Award for Writing for his previous thirteen works. He is based in Dublin.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780375725234 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375725237 |
| Title | The Book of Evidence |
| Author | John Banville |
| Series | Vintage International |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2001-06-12 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Booker Prize 1989 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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