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The Book of Evidence is a 1989 novel by Irish writer John Banville. It is presented through the account of Freddie Montgomery, a man who has committed murder, and uses his narration to examine guilt, memory, self-justification, and the unstable relationship between perception and fact. Its philosoph...
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Booker shortlisted psychological novel acclaimed for exquisite prose and chilling unreliable narration, with aestheticized amorality provoking mixed responses.
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Birchwood is John Banville's second novel, published in 1973 by Secker and Warburg. Narrated by Gabriel Godkin, it follows a young man connected to a decaying Irish estate who searches for a possibly nonexistent sister, joins a traveling circus, and encounters famine, unrest, and family secrets; its...
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Ambitious early Banville novel admired for ornate language and gothic fragmentation, but obscurity and derivativeness make it a secondary work.
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