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The Sea

by John Banville

Booker · 2005 · Winner
Literary FictionISBN 9780739333778

Award History

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Booker Prize2005Winner

About the Author

John Banville (born December 8, 1945, Wexford, Ireland) is an acclaimed Irish novelist known for his complex, referential prose exploring themes of loss, obsession, and identity, with notable works including the Booker Prize-winning The Sea (2005), the Frames Trilogy (The Book of Evidence, Ghosts, Athena), and the Revolutions Trilogy (Doctor Copernicus, Kepler, The Newton Letter); he also writes crime fiction as Benjamin Black, featuring series like Quirke and Strafford.Encyclopaedia

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