Eclipse - A Novel (Paperback, 1st Vintage International ed)

In this deeply moving and original book, John Banville alloys mystery, fable, and ghost story with poignant psychological acuity to forge the riveting story of a man wary of the future, plagued by the past, and so uncertain in the present that he cannot discern the spectral from the real.

When renowned actor Alexander Cleave was a boy living in a large house with his widowed mother and various itinerant lodgers, he encountered a strikingly vivid ghost of his father. Now that he’s fifty and has returned to his boyhood home to recover from a nervous breakdown on stage, he is not surprised to find the place still haunted. He is surprised, however, at the presence of two new lodgers who have covertly settled into his old roost. And he is soon overwhelmed by how they, coupled with an onslaught of disturbing memories, compel him to confront the clutter that has become his life: ruined career, tenuous marriage, and troubled relationship with an estranged daughter destined for doom.

General

Imprint:	Random House
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Vintage International
Release date:	February 2002
First published:	February 2002
Authors:	John Banville
Dimensions:	202 x 132 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	224
Edition:	1st Vintage International ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-375-72529-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Promotions Books > Fiction > Promotions
LSN:	0-375-72529-6
Barcode:	9780375725296

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