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John Banville

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John Banville is an Irish novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter, known for his elegant prose and exploration of art, science, and identity. His novel The Sea won the Booker Prize in 2005, and he has also written acclaimed crime fiction under the pen name Benjamin Black. A former literary editor of The Irish Times, Banville is the recipient of numerous international honors, including the Franz Kafka Prize and the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. He lives in Dublin.

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Series

Revolutions Trilogy


A Historical Fiction series (1976 - 1982)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Reclusive geniuses reshaping history
  • Scholars consumed by the mysteries they chase
  • Renaissance Europe charged with intellectual upheaval

Cleave Trilogy


A Literary Fiction series (2000 - 2002)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Memory-warping ghost stories with literary bite
  • Unreliable narrators rotting in regret
  • Identity games in haunted European cities

Strafford and Quirke


A Mystery series (2020 - 2024)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Irish mysteries under the Church’s long shadow
  • Uneasy detective partnerships in closed-off communities
  • Old family scandals clawing back into the present

Standalone Fiction

Standalone Non-fiction

Little Stacks of Classics & Literary Fiction

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