false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180007888m/984210.jpg 984210 16 In this deeply moving and original book, John Banville alloys mystery, fable, and ghost story with poignant psychological acuity to forge the riveting story of a man wary of the future, plagued by the past, and so uncertain in the present that he cannot discern the spectral from the real.<br><br>When renowned actor Alexander Cleave was a boy living in a large house with his widowed mother and various itinerant lodgers, he encountered a strikingly vivid ghost of his father. Now that he&#8217;s fifty and has returned to his boyhood home to recover from a nervous breakdown on stage, he is not surprised to find the place still haunted. He is surprised, however, at the presence of two new lodgers who have covertly settled into his old roost. And he is soon overwhelmed by how they, coupled with an onslaught of disturbing memories, compel him to confront the clutter that has become his life: ruined career, tenuous marriage, and troubled relationship with an estranged daughter destined for doom.<i><br></i> 2621487 2000 Eclipse: A Novel total:79|5:15|4:26|3:26|2:9|1:3| 79 278 132 8 3 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Nov 29 23:41:15 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 23:42:36 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 23:22:45 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 23:35:20 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 06:25:24 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 08:22:12 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 07:52:32 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 09:14:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Oct 12 10:39:03 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 03 11:58:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 06:32:29 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 08:30:37 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Wed Jun 25 14:29:38 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 14:30:46 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jul 31 06:33:46 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 31 06:34:37 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat Nov 14 07:47:07 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 07:47:07 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 03 11:43:26 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 12:04:39 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Nov 07 16:02:30 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 15:34:55 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 16:02:30 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 30 14:17:57 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 14:17:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 09 08:22:53 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 08:22:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 07 08:07:39 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 08:07:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 04 04:05:47 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 04:05:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 11:55:10 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 11:55:10 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Sep 24 15:50:45 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 15:50:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 23 00:34:49 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 00:35:00 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Sep 19 19:43:31 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 19:43:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 16 09:09:20 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 09:09:20 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=984210