Shroud
$19.99
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
28 July 2026
Summary
Dark secrets and reality unravel in Shroud, the second novel in John Banville’s Cleave Trilogy, alongside Eclipse and Ancient Light.
Axel Vander, distinguished intellectual and elderly academic, is not the man he seems. When a letter arrives out of the blue, threatening to unveil his secrets - and carefully concealed identity - Vander travels to Turin to meet its author. There, muddled by age and alcohol, unable always to distinguish fact from fiction, Vander comes face to face with t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035076857 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1035076853 |
| Author: | John Banville |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 28 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 288g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 130mm x 200mm |
| Series: | Picador Collection |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Shroud will not be easily surpassed for its combination of wit, moral complexity and compassion. It is hard to see what more a novel could do * The Irish Times *
In beautiful, lucid prose John Banville describes a tragedy so strongly rooted in history and character that, like all real tragedies, it could not happen otherwise. * The Times *
Banville is merciless in the details … he has a gift for enigmatic clarity. * Daily Telegraph *
The narrative frequently takes on the qualities of a dream, writhing with pursuits and escapes, peopled by shape-shifters and avatars, subject to its own climatic and topographical realities. * Guardian *
A moving and shockingly intimate record of life lost and found again. * Time Out *
John Banville
John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of many highly acclaimed and prize-winning novels, including The Sea, which won the 2005 Booker Prize. He has been awarded the Franz Kafka Prize and a literary award from the Lannan Foundation. He lives in Dublin.
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