John Banville

John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. His first book, Long Lankin, was published in 1970. His other books are Nightspawn, Birchwood, Doctor Copernicus (which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1976), Kepler (which was awarded the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1981), The Newton Letter (which was filmed for Channel 4), Mefisto, The Book of Evidence (shortlisted for the 1989 Booker Prize and winner of the 1998 Guinness Peat Aviation Award), Ghosts, Athena, The Untouchable, Eclipse and Shroud. He has received a literary award from the Lannan Foundation. He lives in Dublin.

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The Infinities John Banville Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 17 December 2009. A family drama with the action taking place over one day. Even within this time frame there are wonderful insights in to relationships and situations. With the odd mythical... Format: Hardback - Released: 04/09/2009 Lovereading Price: £11.24 - Saving £3.75 (25%)

The Sea John Banville Winner of the Man Booker 2005. This review is provided by bookgroup.info. THE SEA is not a likely story: there is this hypochondriacal, slightly sodden, aesthetically fastidious art historian, supposedly engaged in a scholarly monograph on Bonnard, who totters off... Format: Paperback - Released: 21/04/2006 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Sea John Banville Winner of the Man Booker 2005 and the favourite book as chosen by lovereading's readers . Critically acclaimed as possibly the best novel John Banville has written now you... Format: Hardback - Released: 03/06/2005 Lovereading Price: £12.74 - Saving £4.25 (25%)