John Banville
William John Banville is an Irish novelist, short story writer, adapter of dramas and screenwriter. Though he has been described as "the heir to Proust, via Nabokov", Banville himself maintains that W. B. Yeats and Henry James are the two real influences on his work.
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Genres:Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Books by John Banville
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The Untouchable
by John Banville
Fiction
Literary Fiction
4.0(2,811)
An unmasked Cambridge spy, an art expert to the Queen, faces his past, revealing a life of deception and desire. He betrayed his country, family, and himself, searching for the truth of his downfall.
The Sea
by John Banville
Fiction
Literary Fiction
3.5(23,892)
After his wife's death, a middle-aged Irishman returns to his childhood seaside town, uncovering secrets of first love and death shared with a mysterious family one summer.