num_pages: 256
description: Ghosts opens with a shipwreck, leaving a party of sightseers temporarily marooned on an island. The stranded castaways make their way towards the refuge of the isle’s reclusive savant; but the big isolated house which is home to Professor Silas Kreutznaer and his laconic assistant, Licht, is also home to another, unnamed presence . . .Onto this seemingly haunted island, where a strange singing hangs in the air, Banville drops a scrumptious cast of characters – including a murderer – and weaves a tale where the details are clear but the conclusion polymorphous – shifting appearances, transformations and thwarted assumptions make this world of uneasy calm utterly enthralling.
language: English
title: Ghosts
titlecomplete: Ghosts (Frames)
genres: Ireland, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Literature, Horror, Mystery, Irish Literature, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 783
series: Frames: The Freddie Montgomery Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: Picador