 Cover of the first edition | |
| Author | John Banville |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Secker & Warburg |
Publication date | 1989 |
| Publication place | Ireland |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 224 pp (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0-436-03267-8 |
| OCLC | 45363983 |
| 823/.914 21 | |
| LC Class | PR6052.A57 B36 2001 |
| Followed by | Ghosts |
The Book of Evidence is a 1989 novel by John Banville. Many of the characters in The Book of Evidence appear in the 1993 sequel Ghosts.
The book is narrated by Freddie Montgomery, a 38-year-old scientist who murders a servant girl during an attempt to steal a painting from a neighbour. Freddie is an aimless drifter, and though he is a perceptive observer of himself and his surroundings, he is largely amoral.