Eclipse: A Novel (24 page)

Blossom, speed thee well. The bud is in flower. Things can go wrong. My Marina, my Miranda, oh, my Perdita.

JOHN BANVILLE

Eclipse

John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. His first book,
Long Lankin
, was published in 1970. Among his other books are
The Untouchable
,
Athena
,
Ghosts, Kepler
, and
The Book
of Evidence
(which was shortlisted for the 1989 Booker Prize). He has also received a literary award from the Lannan Foundation. He is the former literary editor of the
Irish Times
and lives in Dublin.

ALSO BY JOHN BANVILLE

The Untouchable
Athena
Ghosts
The Book of Evidence
Mefisto
The Newton Letter
Kepler
Doctor Copernicus
Birchwood
Nightspawn
Long Lankin

FIRST VINTAGE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, FEBRUARY 2002

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2000 by John Banville

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the Knopf edition as follows:
Banville, John.
Eclipse: a novel / by John Banville.—1st American ed.
p. cm.

1. Actors—Fiction.
I. Title.
PR6052.A57 E25 2001
823’.914—dc21 00-062014

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