The Infinities

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Author/Contributor(s): Banville, John Publisher: Vintage Date: 2/8/2011 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea comes a novel that is at o nce a gloriously earthy romp and a wise look at the terrible, wonderful plight of being human.“One of the great living masters of English-language prose. The Infinities is a dazzling example of that mastery.” —Los Angeles TimesOn 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. Show more