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John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of many highly acclaimed novels including The Sea, which won the 2005 Man Booker Prize. He has received a literary award from the Lannan Foundation. He lives in Dublin.

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No novel burrowed deeper beneath my skin than The Untouchable . . . Prose of great elegance, applied to a sardonic narrative, created an atmosphere at once austere, chilling and utterly believable. -- John Coldstream * Daily Telegraph *
Banville is the most intelligent and stylish novelist currently at work in English . . . the mien is austere and Victorian; the awareness, the ironic readings of the contemporary are razor-sharp. -- George Steiner * Observer *
Brilliant displays of power and control . . . magnificently written and, in its exploration of inhumanity, startlingly humane. -- Alex Clark * Guardian *

The Untouchable

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    A Paperback / softback by John Banville

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      Publisher Pan Macmillan
      Published 6 August 2010
      ISBN-13 9780330339322
      978-0330339322
      ISBN-10 033033932X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of many highly acclaimed novels including The Sea, which won the 2005 Man Booker Prize. He has received a literary award from the Lannan Foundation. He lives in Dublin.

      Trade Review
      No novel burrowed deeper beneath my skin than The Untouchable . . . Prose of great elegance, applied to a sardonic narrative, created an atmosphere at once austere, chilling and utterly believable. -- John Coldstream * Daily Telegraph *
      Banville is the most intelligent and stylish novelist currently at work in English . . . the mien is austere and Victorian; the awareness, the ironic readings of the contemporary are razor-sharp. -- George Steiner * Observer *
      Brilliant displays of power and control . . . magnificently written and, in its exploration of inhumanity, startlingly humane. -- Alex Clark * Guardian *

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