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Ghosts (Banville novel)
''Ghosts'' is a novel by Irish writer John Banville. Published in 1993, it was his first novel since ''The Book of Evidence'' (1989), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The second in what Banville described as a "triptych", to make "an investigation of the way in which the imagination works."〔 This novel features many of the same characters and relates to events of the previous novel.
==Plot summary==
The novel is somewhat unconventional and non-linear in its construction. It begins with a group of travelers disembarking on a small island in the Irish Sea after their ship runs aground. There they stumble upon a house inhabited by Professor Kreutznaer,〔"Kreutznaer" is the historic family name of Daniel Defoe's ship-wrecked hero, Robinson Crusoe.〕 his assistant Licht, and an unnamed character who figures centrally in the novel and who is referred to only as "Little God." It is later revealed that Little God can be identified with Freddie Montgomery, the narrator of ''The Book of Evidence.'' Much of the latter half of the book focuses on Montgomery's account of his experiences after having been released from prison, his reflections on the crime (the murder of a young woman) he committed, and his continuing struggle with the ghosts of his past and the nature of his perceptions.
Kreutznaer's relationship to a painting entitled ''The Golden World'' by a fictional Dutch artist named Vaublin plays a central role in the novel. It is revealed that Kreutznaer and one of the travellers—a man named Felix—are acquainted with one another, and that Felix had been involved in art forgery. The novel ends with the travellers re-embarking and leaving the island, with many of the central issues and tensions left unresolved.
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