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Venetian Vespers - Large Print by John Banville (Paperback)
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Highlights
- A masterful, enthralling new novel from the Booker Prize winner Everything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me . . . 1899.
- About the Author: JOHN BANVILLE, the author of seventeen novels, has been the recipient of the Man Booker Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Guardian Fiction Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, a Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, and the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature.
- 512 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Family Life
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Book Synopsis
A masterful, enthralling new novel from the Booker Prize winner Everything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me . . . 1899. As the new century approaches, struggling English writer Evelyn Dolman--a hack, by his own description--marries Laura Rensselaer, daughter of an American oil tycoon. Evelyn anticipates that he and Laura will inherit a substantial fortune and lead a comfortable, settled life. But his hopes are dashed when a mysterious rift between Laura and her father, just before the patriarch's death, leads to her disinheritance. The unhappy newlyweds travel to Venice to celebrate the New Year at the Palazzo Dioscuri, ancestral home of the charming but treacherous Count Barbarigo. From their first moments at the palazzo, a series of seemingly otherworldly occurrences begin to accumulate. Evelyn's already frayed nerves disintegrate further: could it be the mist blanketing the floating city, or is he losing his mind? Venetian Vespers is a haunting, atmospheric noir with a surprise around every cobwebbed corner: a fitting return by one of the most sophisticated stylists of our time.About the Author
JOHN BANVILLE, the author of seventeen novels, has been the recipient of the Man Booker Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Guardian Fiction Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, a Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, and the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. He lives in Dublin.Dimensions (Overall): 9.25 Inches (H) x 6.13 Inches (W) x 1.03 Inches (D)
Weight: .81 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Family Life
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 512
Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing
Theme: Marriage & Divorce
Format: Paperback
Author: John Banville
Language: English
Street Date: October 7, 2025
TCIN: 1002183744
UPC: 9798217170166
Item Number (DPCI): 247-25-7766
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.03 inches length x 6.13 inches width x 9.25 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.81 pounds
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