Ancient Light

Name: Ancient Light
Author: John Banville

by John Banville

Novel of an aging actor reflecting on love, art, and youthful passion

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John Banville

John Banville is an Irish Booker Prize-winning novelist who writes literary crime fiction under the pseudonym Benjamin Black. His Quirke Dublin pathologist series is notable for its stylish prose and atmospheric 1950s Dublin setting. His literary fiction, including The Book of Evidence, deals with crime and moral failure with extraordinary stylistic distinction.

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