New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 2009. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/VG; bluish green pictorial spine with white text; first US edition; winner of the Man Booker Prize; dust jacket clean; Brodart wrap to jacket; cloth clean; tight binding; text block exterior; deckled fore edge; pp 273; inscribed by author. 1354993. FP New Rockville Stock.

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John Banville, the author of fourteen previous novels, has been the recipient of the Man Booker Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Guardian Fiction Award, and a Lannan Literary Award for Fiction. He lives in Dublin.

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Bookseller: Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1354993
Title: The Infinities [inscribed]
Author: Banville, John
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First US Edition
ISBN 10: 0307272796
ISBN 13: 9780307272799
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2009
Keywords: Mathematicians, fiction; Family relationships, terminal illness; fathers and sons

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