Eclipse
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Eclipse by John Banville
In this deeply moving and original book, John Banville alloys mystery, fable, and ghost story with poignant psychological acuity to forge the riveting story of a man wary of the future, plagued by the past, and so uncertain in the present that he cannot discern the spectral from the real. When renowned actor Alexander Cleave was a boy living in a large house with his widowed mother and various itinerant lodgers, he encountered a strikingly vivid ghost of his father. Now that he's fifty and has returned to his boyhood home to recover from a nervous breakdown on stage, he is not surprised to find the place still haunted. He is surprised, however, at the presence of two new lodgers who have covertly settled into his old roost. And he is soon overwhelmed by how they, coupled with an onslaught of disturbing memories, compel him to confront the clutter that has become his life: ruined career, tenuous marriage, and troubled relationship with an estranged daughter destined for doom.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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780375411298 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375411291 |
| Title | Eclipse |
| Author | John Banville |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Year published | 2001-02-20 |
| Number of pages | 211 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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