Reserve John Banville's 'Life in Books'
John Banville, author of this year’s One Dublin One Book selection Christine Falls, shared a glimpse into his literary tastes and reading life with the Sunday Independent. We've compiled a list of some of the books mentioned, along with links to reserve them.
The Books on his Bedside Table:
Storyteller : the life of Robert Louis Stevenson by Leopold Damrosch
An Arrow in Flight by Mary Lavin, selected and introduced by Colm Tóibín
His Book of the Year:
Waves and stones : On the Ultimate Nature of Reality
His Favourite Character:
Leopold Bloom from Ulysses by James Joyce
The Book He Couldn't Finish:
Middlemarch by George Eliot
The Book He gives as a Present:
The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
For insight into his answers, read the full interview with the Irish Independent.
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