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The Book of Evidence by John Banville.
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John Banville is the most interesting and resourceful Irish novelist of his generation. A writer who has let his published work do most of his talking for him, he has done more than most of his contem...
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It would be unfair to label John Banville a "writer's writer," because it would suggest he is not a writer easily accessible to the majority of readers. Yet, there is no doubt that Banville's work has...
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In the following review, Lesser discusses the narrator which appears in both The Book of Evidence and Ghosts, and asserts that, "Where the narrator in The Book of Evidence was always striving f...
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In the following review, Abeel asserts that in The Book of Evidence "Mr. Banville has gambled that he could write a mesmerizing tale about a monster—and he has won."
Here is an as...
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In the following review, Sattler asserts that The Book of Evidence is about the disintegration of its protagonist Freddie Montgomery.
"Well, Well, That's the advantage of jail, one has t...
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Teaching The Book of Evidence
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The Book of Evidence Lesson Plans contain 131 pages of teaching material, including:
John Banville
Critical Review by Wendy Lesser
