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John Banville

Author

Bio

JOHN BANVILLE was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of numerous novels, including The Sea, which won the 2005 Booker Prize, and the DI Quirke novels written under the pseudonym Benjamin Black. In 2011 he was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize, in 2013 he was awarded the Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Achievement in Irish Literature and in 2014 he won the Prince of Asturias Award, Spain’s most important literary prize. He lives in Dublin.

John Banville Books

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The Drowned

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Doctor Copernicus

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Kepler

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Birchwood

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The Lock-Up

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The Singularities

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April in Spain

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The Body Fantastic

Frank Gonzalez-Crussi
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Snow

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The Secret Guests

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Time Pieces

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Mrs. Osmond

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Wolf on a String

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Even the Dead

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The Blue Guitar

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The Love Object

Edna O'Brien
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The Black-Eyed Blonde

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Holy Orders

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Long Lankin

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All Souls

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