Ancient light

John Banville

earliest edition we have, 2012 Random House Audio, 2012 audiobook

Thorndike Press large print reviewers' choice

An actor in the twilight of his career reflects on a poignant first love affair at the age of fifteen with his best friend's mother and inexplicably lands a role opposite a famous but fragile actress who helps him come to an astonishing realization.

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Editions we hold

Ancient Light edition · 2019 · Penguin Books, Limited · 256 pages · 9780241986455
Ancient light edition · 2013 · Windsor · 415 pages · 9781471350405
Ancient Light edition · 2013 · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 287 pages · 9780307946928
Ancient light edition · 2013 · 417 pages · 9781410456403
Ancient Light edition · 2013 · Penguin Books, Limited · 256 pages · 9780241955406
Ancient Light edition · 2012 · Viking · 244 pages · 9780670920624
Ancient light edition · 2012 · Alfred A. Knopf · 9780307957054
Ancient Light audiobook · 2012 · Random House Audio · 9780449013427
Ancient Light hardcover · 2012 · Penguin, · 256 pages · 9780670920617
Ancient Light edition · 2012 · Penguin Books, Limited · 9780670920631

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