- Jewish men, Widowers, Reminiscing in old age, Secrets
When a young woman threatens to expose a damaging secret from his former life, Axel Vander, an elderly scholar and master liar, is forced to examine his past to uncover the truths that he has so carefully hidden.
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Spare, contemplative, prestige and grave.
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- John Banville
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 339
- Publisher
- BBC Audiobooks, Alfred A. Knopf, Alfred A Knopf
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9782221092682
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First sentence
“Who speaks? It is her voice, in my head.”
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