The Infinities

Hardcover | 4 August 2010

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On a languid midsummer's day in the countryside, the Godley family gathers at the bedside of Adam, a renowned mathematician and their patriarch. But they are not alone in their vigil. Around them hovers a clan of mischievous immortals--Zeus, Pan, and Hermes among them --who begin to stir up trouble for the Godleys, to sometimes wildly unintended effect. "The Infinities"--John Banville's first novel since his Booker Prize-winning and bestselling" The Sea"--is at once a gloriously earthy romp and a wise look at the terrible, wonderful plight of being human.

Industry Reviews

"Dazzling. . . . Banville is, without question, one of the great living masters of English-language prose. "The Infinities" is a dazzling example of that mastery."
--"Los Angeles Times"
"Unforgettable, beautifully written. . . . Banville is frequently compared to such masters as Beckett and Nabokov, and for years his books have been among the most haunting, beautiful and downright strange in contemporary literature. . . . If Banville is capable of writing an unmemorable sentence, he has successfully concealed the evidence."
--"The Washington Post"
"If "The Infinities" has the bones of a novel of ideas, it's fleshed out and robed as a novel of sensibility and style. . . . Sumptuous."
--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Ingenious. . . . ["The Infinities "deals with] mortality, creativity, and the

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