THE SINGULARITIES
By John Banville
(Swift Press, $24.99)
Trust John Banville to make mischief as soon as he opens his new novel by slithering straight into the mind of a psychopath. This very bad person may seem vaguely familiar.
Indeed, as you proceed through hypnotised by its wildly bonkers storyline and exuberant style, more characters drift in from earlier Banville novels. But which ones? It’s like trying to pin down an