The Book of Evidence. Comparisons with Camus's The Stranger and Dostoyevski's Crime and Punishment are not lightly made, but spring irresistibly to mind after finishing Banville's dazzling novel. · THE BOOK OF EVIDENCE. by John Banville ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, Winner of Ireland's largest literary award for the best book of , Banville's latest is an elegantly written, often darkly comic meditation upon evil and guilt—and a great imaginative leap beyond his previous efforts (Kepler, , etc.).Author: Kirkus Reviews. “The Book of Evidence is a major new work of fiction in which every suave moment calmly detonates to show the murderous gleam within.”–Don DeLillo From the Inside Flap John Banville?s stunning powers of mimicry are brilliantly on display in this engrossing novel, the darkly compelling confession of an improbable bltadwin.ru by:
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, The Book of Evidence by John Banville is a gripping portrait of a cold, deceptive killer; an unreliable narrator with a dark story to tell. Freddie Montgomery has committed two crimes. He stole a small Dutch master from a wealthy family friend, and he murdered a chambermaid who caught him in the act. Winner of Ireland's largest literary award for the best book of , Banville's latest is an elegantly written, often darkly comic meditation upon evil and guilt—and a great imaginative leap beyond his previous efforts (Kepler, , etc.). Frederick Charles St. John Vandveld Montgomery has returned to Ireland in a desperate search for money. Description. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, The Book of Evidence by John Banville is a gripping portrait of a cold, deceptive killer; an unreliable narrator with a dark story to tell. Freddie Montgomery has committed two crimes. He stole a small Dutch master from a wealthy family friend, and he murdered a chambermaid who caught him in the act.
The Book of Evidence. Comparisons with Camus's The Stranger and Dostoyevski's Crime and Punishment are not lightly made, but spring irresistibly to mind after finishing Banville's dazzling novel. THE BOOK OF EVIDENCE. by John Banville ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, Winner of Ireland's largest literary award for the best book of , Banville's latest is an elegantly written, often darkly comic meditation upon evil and guilt—and a great imaginative leap beyond his previous efforts (Kepler, , etc.). The Book of Evidence (), a novel by Irish author John Banville, tells the story of an amoral scientist who murders a servant girl in an effort to steal a painting. The book is loosely based on the murder of a young nurse in Dublin by Malcolm Edward MacArthur. For The Book of Evidence, Banville received the Guinness Peat Aviation Award and was short-listed for the Booker Prize.
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