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The Untouchable by John Banville (Paperback, 2010)

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Amazon Review A brilliant, engaging and highly literate espionage-cum-existential novel, John Banville's The Untouchable concerns the suddenly-exposed double agent Victor Maskell, a character based on the real Cambridge intellectual elites who famously spied on the United Kingdom in the middle of the 20th century. But Maskell--scholar, adventurer, soldier, art curator and more--respected and still living in England well past his retirement from espionage, looked like he was going to get away with it when unexpectedly, in his 70s and sick with cancer, he is unmasked. The question of why, and by whom assumes less importance for Maskell than the soul-searching questions of who, ultimately, he really is, why he spied in the first place, and whether his many-faceted existence adds up to an authentic life.

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Examines the lives of the Cambridge spies, and in particular Anthony Blunt. The story is told by Blunt, in the form of a journal which starts on the first day of the new life . The author uses the secret life as a way to explore the darker realms of the 20th century and its hidden minds.

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PublisherPan Macmillan

ISBN-139780330339322

eBay Product ID (ePID)89068712

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Book TitleThe Untouchable

AuthorJohn Banville

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

TopicThriller, Books

Publication Year2010

Number of Pages416 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height199mm

Item Width130mm

Item Weight283g

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Title_AuthorJohn Banville

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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