- Mathematicians, Families, Family relationships, Fathers and sons
The Godley family gather at their sick father's bedside in rural Ireland and what follows takes place over one hot midsummer's day as the family's strained relations are tested.
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Intimate, contemporary, prestige and contemplative.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- John Banville
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 299
- Publisher
- Picador
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780330510882
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