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LocationOakland
Call NoF BAN
TitleFive : a novel / Ilona Bannister.
AuthorBannister, Ilona author.
Barcode47660111118903
CollectionLarge Print Fiction
SummaryHave you ever tried to pass the time by imagining the lives of the strangers standing next to you? Ilona Bannister’s Five introduces readers to five seemingly random people waiting for a train. But these are not just any five people. From the beginning we know that one of them is going to die soon. Very soon. In five minutes the next train to London will arrive, killing one of them. But before this happens you will learn their stories. None of these people are saints. Readers might fall in love with the beautiful young man who is on the verge of gambling his life away. They may pity the cantankerous old woman who has fallen to the ground yet is refusing help. Perhaps readers will look away from the child throwing a tantrum. Or judge his mother, who must surely be to blame. And some will be curiously compelled by the successful and damaged businessman orbiting them all. These are the candidates for this morning’s misfortune. But they don’t know it. Only you know. And you, our complicit reader, will not be able to resist deciding who deserves to walk away, and who deserves only five more minutes to live. An incredibly original novel that breaks the fourth wall and asks the reader to be judge, jury, and executioner, Five looks at some of the most complicated issues of contemporary life: motherhood, disability, addiction. Every stranger has a story. And in Ilona Bannister’s skillful hands, five people’s stories come together to create an unforgettable novel.
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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9798217088034 ebook
International Standard Book Number 9798217088027 hardcover
International Standard Book Number 9798217088041 trade paperback
International Standard Book Number 979-8217287741
Personal Name Bannister, Ilona author.
Title Statement Five : a novel / Ilona Bannister.
Edition Statement Large print edition
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York City : Random House Large Print 2026.
Physical Description 352 p. (lg. print) softcover 20
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier
Summary, Etc. Have you ever tried to pass the time by imagining the lives of the strangers standing next to you? Ilona Bannister’s Five introduces readers to five seemingly random people waiting for a train. But these are not just any five people. From the beginning we know that one of them is going to die soon. Very soon. In five minutes the next train to London will arrive, killing one of them. But before this happens you will learn their stories. None of these people are saints. Readers might fall in love with the beautiful young man who is on the verge of gambling his life away. They may pity the cantankerous old woman who has fallen to the ground yet is refusing help. Perhaps readers will look away from the child throwing a tantrum. Or judge his mother, who must surely be to blame. And some will be curiously compelled by the successful and damaged businessman orbiting them all. These are the candidates for this morning’s misfortune. But they don’t know it. Only you know. And you, our complicit reader, will not be able to resist deciding who deserves to walk away, and who deserves only five more minutes to live. An incredibly original novel that breaks the fourth wall and asks the reader to be judge, jury, and executioner, Five looks at some of the most complicated issues of contemporary life: motherhood, disability, addiction. Every stranger has a story. And in Ilona Bannister’s skillful hands, five people’s stories come together to create an unforgettable novel.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Large type book
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Thrillers & suspense Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Family life, general Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Psychological Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Fiction lcgft
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels lcgft
Index Term-Genre/Form Thrillers (Fiction) lcgft