Book of Evidence, The (1989), a novel by John Banville, set in contemporary Ireland, and taking the form of a prison notebook in which Freddie Montgomery presents his explanation of the murder which has landed him in gaol.
The Book of Evidence
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| Author | John Banville |
| Country | Ireland |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Vintage Books at Random House |
| Publication date | 1989 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 224 pp (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0-375-72523-7 |
| OCLC Number | 45363983 |
| Dewey Decimal | 823/.914 21 |
| LC Classification | PR6052.A57 B36 2001 |
The Book of Evidence is a 1989 novel by the Irish author John Banville. The book is narrated by Freddie Montgomery, a 38 year old scientist, who murders a servant girl during an attempt to steal a painting from a neighbor. Freddie is an aimless drifter, and though he is a perceptive observer of himself and his surroundings, he is largely amoral.
The Book of Evidence won Ireland's Guinness Peat Aviation Award in 1989, and was short-listed for Britain's Booker Prize. In reviewing the book, Publishers Weekly compared Banville's writing to that of Albert Camus and Fyodor Dostoevsky. The writing style continues Banville's attempt to give his prose "the kind of denseness and thickness that poetry has".[1]
References
- ^ Steinberg, Sybil "Who Is John Banville?". Publishers Weekly, July, 1995. Retrieved on 21 January 2007.
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