Irish Literary Supplement, March 22nd, 2003
DEREK HAND John Banville: Exploring Fictions Contemporary Irish Writers Series The Liffey Press, 2002,
OVER TWENTY YEARS AGO, IN A special number of Irish University Review, Rudiger Imhof made his case for John Banville as one of Ireland's most eloquent, and least appreciated, writers. In that same number, Banville himself seemed to enjoy his minority status, speaking of "My readers, that small band," as if life and work on the margins of the Irish literary establishment ensured a special kind of aesthetic integrity. Imhof has always promoted Banville as a writer whose greatness lies in the...
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