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| | 1. |  | Christine Falls: A Novel
from Henry Holt and Co.
Price: $14.11
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Widower, moody, broody, drunken Garret Quirke is in charge of the pathology department in the basement of Dublin's Holy Family Hospital. It's the 1950's, Ireland is steeped in Catholic tradition, but when Quirke wanders downstairs from a going away party and finds his step-brother/brother-in-law Dr.... more info
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| | 2. |  | The Sea
from Vintage
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Banville's novels that I have read are all about alcoholic old men full of self-hatred. The Sea is another item in this genre.
The narrator in The Sea, Max, is a half-hearted art historian whose wife has recently died of cancer. The most intensely and empathetically described events in this... more info
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| | 3. |  | The Sea (Man Booker Prize)
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I have read several books by John Banville, and this one I think could have benefited heavily from some editing. The author seems to enjoy creating prose more than conveying any particular ideas or creating characters. This book seems like a scetch that leaves you with the impression that you almost... more info
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| | 4. | [no image] | The Book of Evidence
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I read this as a book group selection. It provided many psychological and social subjects to discuss. What the characters lack in charm they make up in complexity.
Banville's writing is seamless and beautiful. With little dialogue it is largely a stream-of-conciousness narative.
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| | 5. |  | Troubles (New York Review Books Classics)
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The giant decaying Victorian Majestic Hotel in County Wicklow overrun by cats and plants in J. G. Farrell's 1970 historical novel TROUBLES is of course an obvious metaphor for the British Empire itself, falling down upon itself yet still affording its benefactors the appearance of gentility and... more info
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| | 7. |  | Laughter in the Dark
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This extraordinary novel is truly one work of fiction which represents life itself. Perhaps it could be considered Art imitating life. Nabokov uses a light and breezy style of writing to tell his tale of total deception and betrayal. It is quite the archetypal description of a more or less good man... more info
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| | 8. |  | Eclipse: A Novel
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I'm still reading this book, I'm about half-way through it actually, taking my time savoring every word, sentence, passage & thought. Sometimes I will reread a sentence or a particular paragraph 3 or 4 times, just as with a dvd of a fine musical comedy or opera I'll replay a dance number or aria... more info
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| | 10. |  | The Lord Chandos Letter
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I'll just add a little to Daniel Myers's review. These stories have long been classics of modernist literature, and they should be read by everyone interested in the history of Symbolism, the heritage of Poe, the history of fantasy fiction, and the development of what Robert Musil called "daylight... more info
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