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Ghosts
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- Book Synopsis
- Ghosts opens with a shipwreck, leaving a party of sightseers temporarily marooned on an island. The stranded castaways make their way towards the refuge of the isle's reclusive savant; but the big isolated house which is home to Professor Silas Kreutznaer and his laconic assistant, Licht, is also home to another, unnamed presence . . . Onto this seemingly haunted island, where a strange singing hangs in the air, John Banville drops a scrumptious cast of characters - including a murderer - and weaves a tale where the details are clear but the conclusion polymorphous - shifting appearances, transformations and thwarted assumptions make this world of uneasy calm utterly enthralling. 'As fascinating, complex, stimulating and energetic as any work of art . . . A work which proves Banville as a master, the artist in total control of his craft' - The Times 'John Banville's funniest book . . . another triumph by our most outrageously inventive and daring novelist' - The Sunday Independent 'Makes this astonishingly attractive novelist one of the most important writers now at work in English - a key thinker, in fact, in fiction' - The London Review of Books Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.
- About The Author
- 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.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781035076833
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Picador, (12 February 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 244
- Weight
- 182 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 203 x 133 x 17 mm
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