Book description
‘This is unequivocally a work of brilliance.’ Justin Cartwright,
Spectator
Old Adam Godley’s time on earth is drawing to an end, and as his wife
and children gather at the family home, little do they realize that they
are not the only ones who have come to observe the spectacle.
The mischievous Greek gods, too, have come; as tensions fray and desire
bubbles over, their spying soon becomes intrusion becomes intervention,
until the mortals’ lives - right before their eyes - seem to be changing
faster than they can cope with.
Overflowing with bawdy humour, Banville has allowed his twinkling eye
to rove through memories of the past and relationships of the present in
this moving family drama. The Infinities
is both a salacious delight and a penetrating exploration of the
terrifying, wonderful, immutable plight of being human.
‘A poetic vision of boundless possibility.’ Literary Review
‘Full of dark humour and written with a deft eye for detail.’ GQ
‘This darkly comic and fearsomely clever creation is a heady delight’ Metro
‘Written in such saturatedly beautiful, luminous prose that every page
delights, startles and uplifts.’ The Times
John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author
of fourteen previous novels including The Sea
, which won the 2005 Man Booker Prize. He lives in Dublin.
