The BOOK OF EVIDENCE

by Banville

Freddie Montgomery is a highly cultured man, a husband and father living the life of a dissolute exile on a Mediterranean island. When a debt becomes due and his wife and child are held as collateral, he returns to Ireland to secure funds. That pursuit leads him to commit murder. And here is his attempt to present evidence, not of his innocence, but of his life, of the events that lead to the... (read more)

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A novel of introspection, and monologue; the ending will jar you from your seat.

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