約翰•班維爾，1945年齣生於愛爾蘭韋剋斯福德，著名小說傢、編劇。班維爾的小說以精準、冷酷、充滿辯證的散文風格而著稱，同時兼具納博科夫式的創新。他的主要作品有《哥白尼博士》（獲1976年布萊剋紀念奬）、《開普勒》（獲1981年《衛報》小說奬）、《牛頓書信》、《證據之書》（入圍1989年布剋奬短名單，獲吉尼斯•皮特航空奬）、《幽靈》、《雅典娜》、《無法企及》、《裹屍布》、《海》(獲2005年布剋奬)和《無限》等。班維爾於2011年獲弗朗茨•卡夫卡奬，2013年獲愛爾蘭筆會奬。多年來，班維爾也是諾貝爾文學奬的有力競爭者之一。

'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