John Banville: Literary Confessions
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English - June 18, 2018 07:01 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 913 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Arts arts music science sports politics film technology literature military social justice Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A darkly funny conversation about writing, weather & Ireland. Banville, a Booker Prize-winning novelist and master wordsmith, explains why nothing in the world is more powerful than the sentence. He has sometimes spent weeks getting one just right. He's also a contrarian, and talks about why he loathes vacations, loves rain, and does his best to avoid other authors.
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