The singularities

"From the revered, Booker Prize-winning author comes a playful, multi-layered novel of nostalgia, life and death, and quantum theory, which opens with the return of one of his most celebrated characters-Freddie Montgomery from The Book of Evidence-as he is released from prison. A man with a borrowed...

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Main Author: Banville, John (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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