num_pages: 273
description: On a languid midsummers day in the countryside the Godley family gathers at the bedside of Adam a renowned mathematician and their patriarch. But they are not alone in their vigil. Around them hovers a clan of mischievous immortalsZeus Pan and Hermes among them who begin to stir up trouble for the Godleys to sometimes wildly unintended effect. The InfinitiesJohn Banvilles first novel since his Booker Prize-winning and bestselling The Seais at once a gloriously earthy romp and a wise look at the terrible wonderful plight of being human -- a dazzling novel from one of the most widely admires and acclaimed writers at work today
language: English
title: The Infinities
publisher: Knopf