'This is unequivocally a work of brilliance.' Justin Cartwright, Spectator Old Adam Godley's time on earth is drawing to an end, and as his wife and children gather at the family home, little do they realize that they are not the only ones who have come to observe the spectacle. The mischievous Greek gods, too, have come; as tensions fray and desire bubbles over, their spying soon becomes intrusion becomes intervention, until the mortals' lives right before their eyes seem to be changing faster than they can cope with. Overflowing with bawdy humour, Banville has allowed his twinkling eye to rove through memories of the past and relationships of the present in this moving family drama. The Infinities is both a salacious delight and a penetrating exploration of the terrifying, wonderful, immutable plight of being human. 'A poetic vision of boundless possibility.' Literary Review 'Full of dark humour and written with a deft eye for detail.' GQ 'This darkly comic and fearsomely clever creation is a heady delight' Metro 'Written in such saturatedly beautiful, luminous prose that every page delights, startles and uplifts.' The Times

约翰•班维尔，1945年出生于爱尔兰韦克斯福德，著名小说家、编剧。班维尔的小说以精准、冷酷、充满辩证的散文风格而著称，同时兼具纳博科夫式的创新。他的主要作品有《哥白尼博士》（获1976年布莱克纪念奖）、《开普勒》（获1981年《卫报》小说奖）、《牛顿书信》、《证据之书》（入围1989年布克奖短名单，获吉尼斯•皮特航空奖）、《幽灵》、《雅典娜》、《无法企及》、《裹尸布》、《海》(获2005年布克奖)和《无限》等。班维尔于2011年获弗朗茨•卡夫卡奖，2013年获爱尔兰笔会奖。多年来，班维尔也是诺贝尔文学奖的有力竞争者之一。