John Banville, author portrait
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John Banville

JOHN BANVILLE, the author of seventeen novels, has been the recipient of the Man Booker Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Guardian Fiction Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, a Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, and the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. He lives in Dublin.
Venetian Vespers
The Singularities
Mrs. Osmond
Time Pieces
The Blue Guitar
The Book of Evidence, The Sea
Ancient Light
Long Lankin
The Infinities
The Sea
Shroud
Eclipse
The Book of Evidence
The Untouchable
Athena
Ghosts

Books

Venetian Vespers
The Singularities
Mrs. Osmond
Time Pieces
The Blue Guitar
The Book of Evidence, The Sea
Ancient Light
Long Lankin
The Infinities
The Sea
Shroud
Eclipse
The Book of Evidence
The Untouchable
Athena
Ghosts

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