Untouchable

John Banville

RRP: £7.99

Publisher: PICADOR

Publication Date : 18/09/1998

Paperback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

Picador will be putting their biggest paperback marketing campaign of 1998 behind this title. It is a fictional portrayal of the Cambridge spies written in the form of a journal kept by Victor Maskell. Victor's wartime espionage has just been revealed to the world. His knighthood has been revoked, and his position as curator of the Queen's pictures ended. The journal begins on the first day "of the new life". "It is the book John Banville was born to write" Catherine Lockerbie, "Scotsman". Picador also welcome John Banville's backlist titles to their lists this month.

Publisher's description:

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.

ISBN: 9780330339322