The latest novel from the Man Booker Prize-winning author. On a midsummer's day in Arden, the Godley family gather at their dying father's bedside. But the gods are unable to resist interfering. A wise look at the terrible and wonderful plight of being human. Banville's backlist is also reissued this month. 'John Banville is one of the finest prose stylists working in English today' , Independent.