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The second volume in the Freddie Montgomery trilogy. An unnamed murderer has served his time in prison, then comes to live on a sparsely populated island with the enigmatic Professor Silas Kreutznaer and his laconic companion, Licht. A party of castaways then arrives, with uneasy results.
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Intimate, grave, prestige and classical in form.
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- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- John Banville
- First published
- 1993
- Pages
- 244
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780436199912
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