The lemur a novel
John Glass's life in New York should be plenty comfortable having given up his career as a journalist to write an authorized biography of his father-in-law, communications magnate and former CIA agent Big Bill Mulholland. When a shifty young researcher whom he calls 'The Lemur," turns...
| Main Author: | Black, Benjamin, 1945- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Picador USA,
2008.
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| Summary: |
John Glass's life in New York should be plenty comfortable having given up his career as a journalist to write an authorized biography of his father-in-law, communications magnate and former CIA agent Big Bill Mulholland. When a shifty young researcher whom he calls 'The Lemur," turns up some unflattering information about the family, Glass's whole easy existence is threatened. |
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| Physical Description: |
132 p. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780312428082 (pbk) 0312428081 (pbk) |
| Author Notes: |
Benjamin Black is the pen name of John Banville, who was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. His novels have won numerous awards, mostly recently the Man Booker Prize in 2005 for The Sea . Under the name Benjamin Black he is also the author of Christine Falls and The Silver Swan . He lives in Dublin. |