
John Banville was born in 1945. Their most popular book is The Sea with 159 saves and an average rating of 3.52.
John Banville (born December 8, 1945, Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish novelist and journalist whose fiction is known for being referential, paradoxical, and complex. Common themes throughout his work include loss, obsession, destructive love, and the pain that accompanies freedom. Banville has also published mysteries under the pseudonym Benjamin Black as well as his own name.