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The Book of Evidence: Picador Classic Book

Inspired by the crimes of Malcolm Macarthur in Ireland, 1982, The Book of Evidence by John Banville is a gripping portrait of a cold, deceptive and utterly unprecedented killer.'Banville writes a dangerous and clear-running prose and has a grim gift of seeing people's souls' – Don DeLillo, author of White Noise and LibraFreddie Montgomery has committed two crimes. He stole a small Dutch master – an unattributed painting of a middle-aged woman – from a wealthy family friend. And he murdered a chambermaid who caught him in the act, bludgeoning her to death with a hammer.An eccentric narcissist, he has little to say about the woman he killed. He travels through life without any apparent remorse. He killed her, he says, because he was physically capable of it. It made sense to him.However, as he narrates his testimony, there is one thing he cannot understand. One thing he would desperately like to know. Why did he want to steal the painting?With extra material for the 25th anniversary, including an introduction by Colm Tóibín, author of Brooklyn.Shortlisted for the Booker Prize'Remarkable' – Ruth Rendell, author of the Inspector Wexford novelsThe Book of Evidence is the first in John Banville's acclaimed Frames Trilogy. It is followed by Ghosts and Athena.Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    With an introduction by Colm Toibin. Shortlisted for the 1989 Booker Prize, a dark and unsettling crime classic. 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH EXTRA MATERIAL Frederick Charles St John Vanderveld Montgomery. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Don't make me laugh. Freddie Montgomery has committed two crimes. He stole a Dutch old-master painting from a wealthy family friend and murdered the chambermaid who caught him in the act. Narcissistic, greedy and reckless, Freddie travels through life apparently without remorse. However, as he narrates his testimony, he realises that the only person to be held responsible for his life, and his crimes, is himself. He just can't quite admit it yet ...Shortlisted for the 1989 Booker Prize, The Book of Evidence is a wonderfully dark, insightful and unnerving crime novel that takes us deep into the unreliable mind of an improbable murderer.

  • Blackwell

    The darkly compelling confession of an improbable murderer, shortlisted for the 1989 Booker Prize. With an introduction by Colm Toibin 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH EXTRA MATERIAL Shortlisted for the 1989 Booker Prize, a dark and unsettling crime...

  • BookDepository

    The Book of Evidence : Paperback : PAN MACMILLAN : 9781447275367 : 1447275365 : 09 Oct 2014 : The darkly compelling confession of an improbable murderer, shortlisted for the 1989 Booker Prize.

  • 1447275365
  • 9781447275367
  • John Banville
  • 9 October 2014
  • Picador
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 224
  • Main Market Ed.
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