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Venetian Vespers : 'Wickedly entertaining' IRISH TIMES Illustration 'Gregory’s research is impeccableAuthor: Banville, John Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Published on 25 September 2025 by FABER & FABER in the United Kingdom. Hardback 368 pages 222 x 145 x 36 476g A SUNDAY TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR, SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2025FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOW AND THE SEAEverything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me. . . Winter 1899, and strange things are afoot. As the new century