ISBN: 9780241004333    Publisher: Penguin (23 November 2015) Year of publishing: 2015     Language: English

From the Booker prize winning author of The Sea comes a stunning and original tale of possession and treachery Everything I want from a love story: sexy, convincing, baffling, funny, sad and unforgettable' Evening Standard, Books of the Year, on 'Ancient Light' 'Banville's exquisitely written novel unravels the deceptions of memory with wit and pathos' Telegraph, on 'Ancient Light' Adultery is always put in terms of thieving. But we were happy together, simply happy. Oliver Orme is a painter who has abandoned his art. His days are now haunted by loss: loss of desire of artistic vision of the people he has loved. And only now does he realize that those around him understand him more than he does himself. Set in a re-imagined Ireland, The Blue Guitar reveals a life haunted by the desire to possess and always aware of the frailty of the human heart.
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