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1	The Sea more books like this by John Banville Max Morden is an aging art historian whose wife has recently died of cancer. In his grief, he takes a trip to the seaside, to the "rubble of the past," where he and his family spent holidays as a child. Here grief and memory coincide as he ponders not only his wife's death, but the drowning of two childhood friends, and, in the end, he finds that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Book of Evidence more books like this by John Banville A powerfully written, critically acclaimed novel that has been compared to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, The Book of Evidence is a prize-winning story of a crime written in the form of a confession. In the course of returning to Ireland, a 38-year-old man commits a ghastly, seemingly motiveless murder. But how much of his confession is true, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The untouchable more books like this by John Banville John Banville's novel about an Englishman who was recruited to be a spy for the Soviets at Cambridge in the '30s is based on the true story of Sir Anthony Blunt. As in so much of Banville's fiction, the central theme is truth vs. falsehood: the difficulty of distinguishing between them, and the possibility that a person can virtually cease to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Shroud more books like this by John Banville All his life, a rude, bad-tempered old man named Axel Vander has taken delight in telling lies--particularly about his true identity, which is a secret he refuses to divulge. Then a young woman named Cass, who may be mad, and who is undeniably brilliant, threatens to expose him for who he really is, and Vander is forced to travel back into the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Ghosts more books like this by John Banville In this brilliantly haunting new novel, John Banville forges an unforgettable amalgam of enchantment and menace that suggests both The Tempest and his own acclaimed The Book of Evidence. "A surreal and exquisitely lyrical new novel by one of the great stylists writing in English today".--Boston Globe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Eclipse more books like this by John Banville After the death of his mother, a failed, aging actor named Alexander Cleave returns to the seaside town where he grew up and tries to come to terms with the disappointments of his life and with the people in it, including his estranged wife and his mentally disturbed daughter. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Doctor Copernicus more books like this by John Banville This depiction of the lonely childhood and star-obsessed career of the astronomer Copernicus is full of quotes from writers, scientists, and philosophers from many eras, including Einstein, Yeats, and Kierkegaard. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1984. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Athena more books like this by John Banville We enter the story via the fevered mind of the narrator--a man with a hidden past who has been lured into a scheme to authenticate a set of suspect paintings. As if from the paintings themselves, a mysterious woman emerges in his life. In a mesmerizing narrative, he retraces his unwitting steps through the menacing maze of his obsessions--art and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Prague Pictures: A Portrait of the City more books like this by John Banville, Benjamin Black The fourth book in Bloomsbury's Writer and the City series. From one of the foremost chroniclers of the modern European experience, this is a panoramic view of a city that has seduced and bewitched visitors for centuries. see all copies from $3.90! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Kepler more books like this by John Banville This novel, about the heroic life of Johannes Kepler, one of the great mathematicians and astronomers, is full of verbal and mathematical games. Winner of the 1981 Guardian Prize for Fiction. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Mefisto more books like this by John Banville The central character, Gabriel Swan, must choose between life and work, and decide how high the price should be for the artist who also wishes to live. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Newton Letter more books like this by John Banville A historian writing a book on Isaac Newton tries to discover the reason's for Newton's breakdown in 1693. Spending the summer in a cottage in the Irish countryside, he also becomes obsessed with his neighbors. These two plot strains eventually join in this unorthodox novel of self-discovery. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Birchwood more books like this by John Banville From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of "The Sea" is this classic novel of family, of isolation, and of a blighted Ireland in a remarkable and complex story about the end of innocence for one boy and his country. see all copies from $2.15! new only from $8.16! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Nightspawn more books like this by John Banville John Banville's first published novel, which he later disavowed. see all copies from $125.00! signed copies \| first editions
15	The revolutions trilogy more books like this by John Banville see all copies from $10.00! new only from $16.93!
16	Long Lankin more books like this by John Banville see all copies from $42.90! first editions
17 view cover	God's Gift: A Version of Amphitryon by Heinrich Von Kleist more books like this by John Banville see all copies from $20.00! new only from $25.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
18	Dr Copernicus more books like this by John Banville see all copies from $13.35! new only from $13.35!
19	The Newton letter : an interlude by John Banville A historian writing a book on Isaac Newton tries to discover the reason's for Newton's breakdown in 1693. Spending the summer in a cottage in the Irish countryside, he also becomes obsessed with his neighbors. These two plot strains eventually join in this unorthodox novel of self-discovery. see all copies from $9.99! new only from $45.00!
20	Frames: Book of Evidence, Ghosts, Athena by John Banville see all copies from $38.00! first editions
21 view cover	Superstition more books like this by Damien Hirst (Illustrator), Jason Beard (Editor), John Banville (Introduction by) Published to accompany Damien Hirst's exhibition of butterfly paintings at Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles in February 2007, "Superstition" is a visually stunning book that confirms Hirst's reputation as one of the most significant visual thinkers of his generation. Using 'High Windows', the last published volume of poems by Philip Larkin, as a ... see all copies from $82.45! new only from $82.45! \| first editions \| SVS
22	Frames trilogy by John Banville, John Banville, John Banville, John Banville see all copies from $30.36! new only from $30.36! \| first editions
23 view cover	Copernico more books like this by John Banville see all copies from $16.92! new only from $16.93!
24 view cover	El Mar by John Banville see all copies from $43.04! new only from $43.05!
25	Kepler : a novel by John Banville see all copies from $16.00! first editions

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