Home » Blue Guitar
Product Image

Blue Guitar

John Banville
€18.50
Quantity:
In stock with our UK publisher. 14-28 days
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
14 days return policy Shipping & Delivery
A01=John Banville
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
andrew o hagan
anne enright
atonement ian mcewan
Author_John Banville
automatic-update
benjamin black
black summer
books about love for children
Category1=Fiction
Category=FA
Category=FBA
colm toibin
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Pre-order
enduring love
eq_bestseller
eq_fiction
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_modern-contemporary
eq_nobargain
Format=BC
Format_Paperback
gilead marilynne robinson
hanif kureishi intimacy
how to be both ali smith
julian barnes
Language_English
let me love you
literary fiction
man booker prize winners
night watch
novels
PA=Temporarily unavailable
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
richard flanagan
richard ford
sarah waters
softlaunch
the black death
the black swan
the children act ian mcewan
the little stranger
the narrow road to the deep north
the secret scripture book
the secret scripture sebastian barry
with you

Product details

  • ISBN 9780241970010
  • Format: Paperback
  • Weight: 181g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 30 Jun 2016
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
Secure checkout Fast Shipping Easy returns
Description

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.

Shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2016
About John Banville
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.

More from this author