The Blue Guitar - John Banville

From John Banville one of the world's greatest writers comes The Blue Guitar a story of theft and the betrayal of friendship. Adultery is always put in terms of thieving. But we were happy together simply happy. Oliver Orme used to be a painter well known and well rewarded but the muse has deserted him. He is also as he confesses a petty thief; he does not steal for gain but for the thrill of it. HIs worst theft is Polly the wife of his friend Marcus with whom he has had an affair. When the affair is discovered Oliver hides himself away in his childhood home. From here he tells the story of a year from one autumn to the next. Many surprises and shocks await him and by the end of his story he will be forced to face himself and seek a road towards redemption. Praise for Ancient Light: 'Everything I want from a love story: y convincing baffling funny sad and unforgettable' Evening Standard Books of the Year 'Illuminating funny devastating. A meditation of breathtaking beauty and profundity on love and loss and death' Financial Times John Banville was born in Wexford Ireland in 1945. He is the author of fifteen previous novels including The Sea which won the 2005 Man Booker Prize. In 2011 he was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize in 2013 he was awarded the Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Achievement in Irish Literature and in 2014 he won the Prince of Asturias Award Spain's most important literary prize. He lives in Dublin.

TITLE: The Blue Guitar

AUTHOR: John Banville

SKU: 9780241004333

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books Ltd

DATE PUBLISHED: 26/08/2015

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 256

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 153 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm

WEIGHT: 338 gr