Ghosts
Banville, John2026
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'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.
Main title:
Ghosts / John Banville.
Author:
Banville, John, author
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2026.
Collation:
256 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9781035076833 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
9050662