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Almost No Memory
Selected Poems
The Tiger's Wife
Charles Dickens (Penguin Lives)
The Mansion of Happiness
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The story is about a brilliant mathematician who has had a stroke, and lies in a upper room of his home - the Skyroom - expiring. His family gathers around, joined by the household help, the children's significant others, and a trio of Greek gods. They are a singular lot. The most light-hearted of Banville's books I've read so far, not that it's a romp. As ever, Banville's strength is his shimmering prose. The story was also enjoyable, and all the more novel for the gods trying to influence the characters' lives and actions, mostly for the good.