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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Book_of_EvidenceThe Book of Evidence - Wikipedia

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   The Book of Evidence is a 1989 novel by John Banville. Many of the characters in The Book of Evidence appear in the 1993 sequel Ghosts. The book is narrated by Freddie Montgomery, a 38-year-old scientist who murders a servant girl during an attempt to steal a painting from a neighbour.

   • Author: John Banville

   • Publish Year: 1989

2. www.goodreads.com › book › showThe Book of Evidence by John Banville - Goodreads

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   Jan 1, 2001 · The Book of Evidence. John Banville. 3.70. 5,547 ratings559 reviews. Returning to Ireland to reclaim a painting that is part of his patrimony, a thirty-eight-year-old man commits a ghastly and motiveless murder, which he confesses in a novel-length narrative. Genres Fiction Ireland Mystery Irish Literature Literature Literary Fiction Novels.

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4. thebookerprizes.com › books › the-book-of-evidenceThe Book of Evidence | The Booker Prizes

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   John Banville’s novel is the compelling confession of an unlikely killer. To what extent is this darkly poetic admission of guilt actually ‘true’? The first-person prison testimony of Freddie Montgomery - convicted for the ghastly and seemingly motiveless kidnap and murder of a young woman.

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   Mar 5, 2010 · The Book of Evidence is a major work of fiction in which every suave moment calmly detonates to show the murderous gleam within. Banville writes a dangerous and clear-running prose and has a grim gift of seeing people’s souls.

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6. www.kirkusreviews.com › book-evidenceTHE BOOK OF EVIDENCE - Kirkus Reviews

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   Apr 1, 1990 · THE BOOK OF EVIDENCE. by John Banville ‧RELEASE DATE: April 1, 1990. bookshelf. shop now. amazon. Winner of Ireland's largest literary award for the best book of 1989, Banville's latest is an elegantly written, often darkly comic meditation upon evil and guilt—and a great imaginative leap beyond his previous efforts (Kepler, 1983, etc.).

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7. www.amazon.com › Book-Evidence-John-Banville › dpAmazon.com: The Book of Evidence: 9780375725234: Banville ...

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   Jun 12, 2001 · The book of evidence is the confession of Frederick Charles StJohn Vanderveld Montgomery (Freddie) who has committed a double crime. When he was stealing a valuable painting from the collection of relatives, Freddie was caught by the chambermaid, and he very brutally murdered her.

   • Author: John Banville

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   Jun 12, 2001 · The Book of Evidence. MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • From the Booker Prize winner of The Sea comes “an astonishing, disturbing little novel that might have been coughed up from hell" (The New...