Inspired by the crimes of Malcolm Macarthur in Ireland, 1982, The Book of Evidence by John Banville is a gripping portrait of a cold, deceptive and utterly unprecedented killer, shortlisted for the Booker Prize.Banville writes a dangerous and clearrunning prose and has a grim gift of seeing peoples souls &ndash Don DeLillo, author of White Noise and LibraFreddie Montgomery has committed two crimes. He stole a small Dutch master &ndash an unattributed painting of a middleaged woman &ndash from a wealthy family friend. And he murdered a chambermaid who caught him in the act, bludgeoning her to death with a hammer.An eccentric narcissist, he has little to say about the woman he killed. He travels through life without any apparent remorse. He killed her, he says, because he was physically capable of it. It made sense to him.However, as he narrates his testimony, there is one thing he cannot understand. One thing he would desperately like to know. Why did he want to steal the painting?Remarkable &ndash Ruth Rendell, author of the Inspector Wexford novelsThe Book of Evidence is the first in John Banvilles acclaimed Frames Trilogy. It is followed by Ghosts and Athena.Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.

Binding: Paperback;224 pages; Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL; Classification: FA; Weight: 280 g; Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 16

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