Books by John Banville
The Sea
by John Banville
When the art historian Max Morden—grieving the loss of his wife—returns to a seaside village where he holidayed as a child, he relives his life-altering encounters with the well-heeled Grace family. For fans of L.P. Hartley's The Go-Between and other literary coming-of-age stories.
Interviews where books by John Banville were recommended
Updated Classics (of Greek and Roman Literature), recommended by Daniel Mendelsohn
Greek myths were themselves elastic so there is no reason the classics of Roman and Greek literature shouldn’t be updated, says classicist Daniel Mendelsohn. He talks us through some of his favourites.
Booker Prize-Winning Novels
The winner of the 2024 Booker Prize was Orbital, by Samantha Harvey, the first novel to win the prize that’s set in space. Below, our list of all the Booker Prize-winning novels of the last twenty years.
