‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain’s Prado Museum
It’s the eyes peering from the canvases that get him, their gaze piercing the boundary between art and life. That’s why ...
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‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain's Prado Museum
Irish novelist John Banville has enjoyed unlimited access to Spain's Prado Museum for the past month as its latest writer-in-residence MADRID -- It’s the eyes peering from the canvases that get ...
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4 Smart, Riveting New Crime Novels
Our columnists on new books by John Banville, Kate Christensen under a pseudonym and more. Credit...Pablo Amargo Supported by By Sarah Weinman I’ve long been amused by John Banville’s grumpy ...
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'The pictures, they look at you.' A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain's Prado Museum
That’s why acclaimed Irish novelist John Banville prefers to visit Spain’s Prado Museum during its opening hours — even though he's been invited to browse anytime as part of a month-long ...
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Crime fiction: John Banville’s Strafford and Quirke return, though lesser characters almost steal the show
There’s also some Highsmith, and maybe some Edward Albee, in the tensions that vibrate throughout the opening of John Banville’s The Drowned (Faber, £18.99), his fourth Strafford and Quirke ...