The singularities / John Banville.
"From the revered, Booker Prize-winning author comes a playful, multi-layered novel of nostalgia, life and death, and quantum theory, which opens with the return of one of his most celebrated characters-Freddie Montgomery from The Book of Evidence-as he is released from prison. A man with a borrowed name steps from a flashy red sportscar-also borrowed-onto the estate of his youth. But all is not as it seems. There is a new family living in the drafty old house: the Godleys, descendants of the late, world-famous scientist Adam Godley, whose theory of existence threw the universe into chaos. And this mystery man, who has just completed a prison sentence, feels as if time has stopped, or was torn, or was opened in new and strange ways. He must now vie with the dysfunctional Godley family, with their harried housekeeper who becomes his landlady, with the recently commissioned biographer of Godley Sr., and with a wealthy and beautiful woman from his past who comes bearing an unusual request. With sparkling intelligence and rapier wit, John Banville revisits some of his career's most memorable characters, in a novel as mischievous as it is brilliantly conceived. The Singularities occupies a singular space and will surely be one of his most admired works"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525655176
- Physical Description: 307 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
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Subject: | Ex-convicts > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. |
Genre: | Novels. |
Available copies
- 25 of 27 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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- 0 current holds with 27 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Albright Memorial Library | FICTION BANVILL (Text) | 50686016241296 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Albright Memorial Library | FICTION BANVILL (Text) | 50686016242443 | Adult Fiction | Checked Out | 04/25/2024 |
Boyertown Community Library | BAN (Text) | 33249024849139 | Fiction | Available | - |
Dillsburg Area Public Library | Adults BAN Fiction (Text) | 34001001425618 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Highland Community Library | F BAN (Text) | 35610001002000 | HGHM Fiction | Available | - |
Huntingdon County Library | F BAN (Text) | 30298100601313 | Fiction | Available | - |
Indian Valley Public Library | Fiction Banville (Text) | 39427103706339 | Fiction Room: Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Kutztown Community Library | BAN (Text) | 33249024877841 | Fiction | Available | - |
Lower Macungie Library | FIC BAN (Text) | 33400001569758 | Adult Fiction | Checked Out | 04/30/2024 |
Martin Library | Adults BAN Fiction (Text) | 33454005915012 | Reading Room Balcony | Available | - |