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Ancient light /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Banville, John
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Edition:1st American ed.
Subjects:
Older men > Fiction.
Actors > Fiction.
Reminiscing in old age > Fiction.
Loss (Psychology) > Fiction.
Memory > Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Description
Summary: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.
Item Description:"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
"Originally published in Great Britain by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan Ltd., London, in 2012"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:287 pages ; 23 cm.
ISBN:9780307957054
0307957055