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Series: Picador Collection
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Inspired by the true story of Anthony Blunt and the Cambridge Five spy ring, The Untouchable is a beautifully crafted novel by John Banville, author of the Booker Prize-winning The Sea. Victor Maskell has been betrayed. After an announcement in the House of Commons and the...
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The Untouchable
Inspired by the true story of Anthony Blunt and the Cambridge Five spy ring, from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea
'This is the book John Banville was born to write' Catherine Lockerbie, Scotsman. Now part of the Picador Collection.
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Inspired by the true story of Anthony Blunt and the Cambridge Five spy ring, The Untouchable is a beautifully crafted novel by John Banville, author of the Booker Prize-winning The Sea.
Victor Maskell has been betrayed. After an announcement in the House of Commons and the hasty revelation of his double life of wartime espionage, his disgrace is public, his knighthood revoked, his position as curator of the Queen's pictures terminated. There are questions to be answered. For whom has he been sacrificed? To what has he sacrificed his life?
The Untouchable is an engrossing, exquisitely written and almost bewilderingly smart book... It's the fullest book I've read in a very long time, utterly accomplished, thoroughly readable, written by a novelist of vast talent. — Richard Ford
Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.
Series: Picador Collection
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ISBN: 9781035076802
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 February 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Picador
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 416
About the Author
John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of many highly acclaimed and prize-winning novels including The Sea, which won the 2005 Booker Prize. He has been awarded the Franz Kafka Prize and a literary award from the Lannan Foundation. He lives in Dublin.
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