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Alexander Cleave, actor, has left his career and his family behind and banished himself to his childhood home. He wants to retire from life, but finds this impossible in a house brimming with presences, some ghostly, some undeniably human. Memories, anxiety for the future, and more particularly, for his beloved but troubled daughter, conspire to distract him from his dreaming retirement.

This humane and beautifully written story tells the tragic tale of a man, intelligent, preposterous, and vulnerable, who in attempting to bring the performance to a close, finds himself travelling inevitably towards a devastating denouement.

©2000 John Banville (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Ghosts Horror Literary Fiction Haunted Scary Tear-jerking
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Banville is a master prose-stylist and this book constantly amazed me with his descriptions of even the most banal of everyday things and events. The story for the most part lacks drama and excitement - a middle-aged actor ruminates on his life and career but his commentary is always engaging - and then, towards the end, a shocking denouement that is heart-breaking. The narration by Bill Wallis is perfect. A beautiful book.

Beautifully Written and Profound

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