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The central character of Banville's 1997 novel, The Untouchable, Victor Maskell, is based on the art historian and spy Anthony Blunt. Eclipse (2000), is narrated by Alexander Cleave, an actor who has withdrawn to the house where he spent his childhood.
Eclipse: A Novel Paperback – Jan. 1 2002. Eclipse: A Novel. Paperback – Jan. 1 2002. by John Banville (Author) 4.1 165 ratings. Book 1 of 2: Cleave Trilogy. See all formats and editions. Alexander Cleave has always felt "watched", even when he is alone. Becoming an actor, he performs his way through life until at he peak of his career he ...
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The first of John Banville's novels concerning father and daughter Alexander and Cass Cleave, Eclipse is a lyrical exploration of memory, family and identity. Alexander Cleave, actor, has left his career and his family behind and banished himself to his childhood home. He wants to retire from life, but finds this impossible in a house brimming ...
In this novel, Eclipse, Banville undertakes on of these subtle portraits to create a story of haunting insight, literally and figuratively. Alex Cleave is a moderately successful stage actor. In his mind he is terribly successful, but there are many hints throughout the book that all is not the way he paints it, either in his life or his career.
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The beginning of Eclipse seems somewhat overdone, but it settles down nicely into a surprisingly powerful tale. Banville unlooses not a torrent but a bubbling brook of language. The story moves along beautifully, with constant shifts, ripples, and sparkles, right to its dramatic end. A fine book, certainly recommended.
The Singularities. Banville’s most recent book, The Singularities (2022), took, by his own account, ‘five or six years’ to write. It is his best ‘John Banville’ book since The Infinities (2009). The Infinities flew relatively under the radar, but in time it will be seen as one of Banville’s finest accomplishments.
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