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A function of stunning creativity, Mefisto, like John Banville's other books, takes as its topic the cost the real scientist or performer should purchase his calling when it comes to their own humanity, his capability to stay completely. Like his Copernicus, Kepler, and the anonymous narrator of The Newton Letter, the main personality of Mr. Banvilleis Mefisto, Gabriel Swan, is found in the issue of the split guy who must choose from life and work, thought and activity, knowledge and development. The clear answer he attempts to melt the problem is based on a possibly discoverable method that will reduce steadily the condition of typical items to a picture the use of which will "appear the apparently arbitrary for what it is."Gabriel is led in his mission by Felix, the mystical fixer, and his unusual friends: Sophie, the quiet woman, and the condemned Mister.