The Book of Evidence
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| Author | John Banville |
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| Country | Ireland |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Vintage Books at Random House |
| Released | 1989 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 224 pp (hardcover) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-375-72523-7 |
The Book of Evidence is a 1989 novel by the Irish author John Banville. The book is narrated by Freddie Montgomery, a 38 year old scientist, who murders a servant girl during an attempt to steal a painting from a neighbour. Montgomery is an aimless drifter, and though he is a perceptive observer of himself and his surroungings, he is largely amoral.
The Book of Evidence won Ireland's Guinness Peat Aviation Award in 1989, and was short-listed for Britain's Booker Prize. In reviewing the book, Publishers Weekly compared Banville's writing to that of Albert Camus and Fyodor Dostoevsky. The writing style continues Banville's attempt to give his prose "the kind of denseness and thickness that poetry has".[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Steinberg, Sybil "Who Is John Banville?". Publishers Weekly, July, 1995. Retrieved on 21 January 2007.
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