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Pdf on oct 31, 2018, melania terrazas and others published introduction. Jul 12, 20 two traumatic events from the past dominate the thoughts of alexander cleave, a character who will be familiar from previous banville novels. In banvilles latest novel, ancient light, there is the added distorting mirror of a movie version of events long past. The cover is in very good condition with the exception of a small 14 crease on the page edge and plastic film cover is slightly loose around edges. Classical actor alexander cleave returns to his childhood home after yet another professional failure. Working closely with moebius productions in france, dark horse is putting the work of a master storyteller back in printwith some material in english for the first time.
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