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Snow by John Banville — On the Trail Of A Murderer

March 30, 2022 BookerTalk 28 Comments Irish authors, John Banville

Snow by John Banville is an atmosphere-laden locked-room mystery that pays homage to the Golden Age detective novel while simultaneously breaking with its conventions.

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5 Of My Favourite Irish Authors

March 14, 2022March 15, 2022 BookerTalk 41 Comments Donal Ryan, Edna O'Brien, Irish authors, John Banville, Maggie O'Farrell, Molly Keane

We’re almost half way through Reading Ireland Month and I’m having to race to catch up with the weekly prompts devised

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February 2022 Reading Wrap Up

March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 BookerTalk 30 Comments Irish authors, John Banville, Rhys Davies, Welsh authors Zora Neale Hurston

I should have known not to start the celebrations too soon. After what I called “a cracking start” in January,

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Ancient Light by John Banville — the lies we tell ourselves

March 19, 2017March 14, 2022 BookerTalk 15 Comments Irish writers, John Banville

In Ancient Light, John Banville returns to themes explored in his earlier Booker prize winning novel The Sea: the remembered past

Bookends

Snapshot March 2017

March 5, 2017April 14, 2021 BookerTalk 18 Comments Cynan Jones, John Banville, Per Petterson, Samuel Ferrer

A quick review of what I’m reading, thinking of reading on March 1, 2017

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