John Banville, the Contemporary Novelist Who Avoids Contemporary Novels
“I read very little new fiction these days, to my shame and regret. ... So much of it seems to me mere prattle. Isn’t that awful?”
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“I read very little new fiction these days, to my shame and regret. ... So much of it seems to me mere prattle. Isn’t that awful?”
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Today’s Object of the Week is an unassuming plaque to a publishing giant on the front of a pub.
The shortlist for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize has been announced.
The shortlist for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize has been announced.