- Espionage, Soviet, Fiction, History, Literature
(From the Hardcover edition) Twenty years after his "retirement," ex-spy Victor Maskell attempts to come to terms with what has happened to his life by embarking on his memoirs. This is the plot which fuels Banville's stunning new novel--a story that goes beyond the mere facts of espionage to penetrate the intricate heart of the spy.
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Grave, contemplative, prestige and character-led.
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- John Banville
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 413
- Publisher
- Distributed by Random House, Empúries, Vintage Books
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- cat, English
- ISBN
- 9780330506939
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