The Book of Evidence

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:The_Book_of_Evidence_(film)
gptkb:film
gptkbp:adaptation_year gptkb:1999
gptkb:2007
gptkbp:audience mixed reviews
gptkbp:author gptkb:John_Banville
gptkbp:awards gptkb:James_Tait_Black_Memorial_Prize
gptkbp:box_office $500,000
$1 million
gptkbp:cast gptkb:John_C._Reilly
gptkbp:character_arc redemption
gptkbp:character_development gptkb:complex
gptkbp:character_motivation desire for freedom
gptkbp:character_relationships narcissism
estranged family
gptkbp:cinematography gptkb:Michael_Mc_Donough
gptkbp:climax confrontation with the law
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:murder
internal conflict
gptkbp:country gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:cover_artist gptkb:unknown
gptkbp:critical_reception positive
gptkbp:criticism analyzed extensively
gptkbp:cultural_impact gptkb:Celtic_mythology
gptkbp:director gptkb:David_O._Russell
gptkb:David_O'_Hara
gptkbp:film gptkb:David_O'_Hara
gptkb:Ruth_Negga
gptkb:Aidan_Gillen
gptkb:Liam_Cunningham
gptkb:Tommy_Tiernan
gptkb:Ciarán_Hinds
gptkb:Lindsay_Duncan
gptkb:Gerard_Mc_Sorley
gptkb:Ruth_Bradley
gptkb:Dervla_Kirwan
English
gptkbp:film_awards nominated for awards
Best Film at the Irish Film and Television Awards
gptkbp:film_editing The Book of Evidence (1999)
gptkbp:film_length 90 minutes
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:The_Infinities
gptkb:Ghost
gptkbp:genre gptkb:John_Banville
gptkb:drama
Literary fiction
literary fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Book of Evidence
gptkbp:influenced_artists contemporary writers
gptkbp:influences gptkb:existentialism
gptkb:Kafka
gptkb:Proust
Joyce
gptkbp:inspiration real-life events
gptkbp:is_symbolic_of truth
gptkbp:isbn 978-0-14-024066-0
978-0330371864
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:language_spoken witty
gptkbp:literary_devices stream of consciousness
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Philip_O’_Leary
gptkb:Philip_Baker
Freddie Montgomery
gptkbp:motif gptkb:memory
gptkbp:narrative first-person
unreliable narrator
gptkbp:narrative_style gptkb:postmodernism
first-person
gptkbp:page_count 256
gptkbp:part_of_series The Book of Evidence series
gptkbp:plot gptkb:murder_mystery
gptkbp:production_company gptkb:First_Look_Studios
gptkbp:protagonist gptkb:Artist
gptkb:Philip_Baker
gptkbp:published gptkb:1989
gptkbp:published_year gptkb:1999
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Picador
gptkb:Secker_&_Warburg
gptkbp:reader_demographic thought-provoking
gptkbp:release_year 1999-09-01
2007-09-21
gptkbp:resolution ambiguous ending
gptkbp:screenplay gptkb:John_Banville
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Dublin
gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:setting_time gptkb:1980s
gptkbp:start_location gptkb:Dublin
gptkbp:style stream of consciousness
metafiction
gptkbp:symbolism gptkb:art
gptkbp:tempo slow
gptkbp:theme gptkb:identity
gptkb:memory
morality
guilt
gptkbp:themes gptkb:identity
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Banville
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4