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  1. [+]
    Agains the North Wall (Review)
    John Banville
    Point Omega, by Don DeLillo
    1. Point Omega by Don DeLillo
    The New York Review of Books, April 8, 2010, pp. 40-41
  2. Athena (1995)
    John Banville
    1 Review
  3. [+]
    Being and Nothingness (Review)
    John Banville
    Elizabeth Costello, by J.M. Coetzee
    1. Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee
    The Nation, November 3, 2003, pp. 30-33
  4. [+]
    Beyond Good and Evil (3 Reviews)
    John Banville
    Liquidation, by Imre Kertesz
    1. Liquidation by Imre Kertesz
    2. Fatelessness by Imre Kertesz and Tim Wilkinson
    3. Kaddish for an Unborn Child by Imre Kertesz
    The Nation, January 31, 2005, pp. 29-31
  5. [+]
    Big News from Small Worlds (2 Reviews)
    John Banville
    The Collected Stories, by John McGahern
    1. The Collected Stories by John McGahern
    2. Ulverton by Adam Thorpe
    The New York Review of Books, April 8, 1993, pp. 22-23
  6. [+]
    Blastings (2 Reviews)
    John Banville
    Pushkin's Children, by Tatyana Tolstaya
    1. Pushkin's Children by Tatyana Tolstaya
    2. The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya
    The New Republic, March 10, 2003, pp. 36-37
  7. The Book of Evidence (1990)
    John Banville
    2 Reviews
  8. The Critics
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    Books: Cold Comfort (Review)
    John Banville
    Nansen: The Explorer as Hero, by Roland Huntford
    1. Nansen: The Explorer as Hero by Roland Huntford
    The New Yorker, August 23, 1999, pp. 190-191
  9. [+]
    Books: Recipe for a Witch-Hunt (2 Reviews)
    John Banville
    Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Vol. II, by Bengt Ankarloo and Stuart Clark
    1. Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Vol. II by Bengt Ankarloo and Stuart Clark
    2. A Case of Witchcraft by Robert Rapley
    The New Yorker, November 1, 1999, p. 113
  10. [+]
    A Bright Voice from a Dark Place (Review)
    John Banville
    Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson
    1. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
    The New York Review of Books, December 6, 2007, pp. 53-55
  11. [+]
    Coupling (3 Reviews)
    John Banville
    The Married Man, by Edmund White
    1. The Married Man by Edmund White
    2. Edmund White: The Burning World by Stephen Barber
    3. The Boy with the Thorn in His Side by Keith Fleming
    The New York Review of Books, August 10, 2000, pp. 42-44
  12. [+]
    Crabby & Evelyn (Review)
    John Banville
    Evelyn Waugh: A Biography, by Selina Hastings
    1. Evelyn Waugh: A Biography by Selina Hastings
    The New Republic, May 8, 1995, pp. 38-39
  13. [+]
    The Dawn of the Gods (Review)
    John Banville
    Ka, by Roberto Calasso
    1. Ka by Roberto Calasso
    The New York Review of Books, January 14, 1999, pp. 16-18
  14. Doctor Copernicus (1976)
    John Banville
    1 Review
  15. Eclipse (2000)
    John Banville
    A Novel
    1 Review
  16. [+]
    Emerson: 'A Few Inches from Calamity' (Review)
    John Banville
    First We Read, Then We Write, by Robert D. Richardson
    1. First We Read, Then We Write by Robert D. Richardson
    The New York Review of Books, December 3, 2009, pp. 33-37
  17. [+]
    Endgame (Review)
    John Banville
    Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee
    1. Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
    The New York Review of Books, January 20, 2000, pp. 23-24
  18. [+]
    The European Irishman (Review)
    John Banville
    Independent Spirit, by Hubert Butler
    1. Independent Spirit by Hubert Butler
    The New York Review of Books, June 12, 1997, pp. 38-40
  19. [+]
    Executioner Songs (Review)
    John Banville
    House of Meetings, by Martin Amis
    1. House of Meetings by Martin Amis
    The New York Review of Books, March 1, 2007, pp. 14-16
  20. [+]
    Fatal Attraction (Review)
    John Banville
    Cigarettes Are Sublime, by Richard Klein
    1. Cigarettes Are Sublime by Richard Klein
    The New York Review of Books, March 3, 1994, pp. 3-5
  21. [+]
    Fish and Roses (Review)
    John Banville
    The Monkey Link, by Andrei Bitov
    1. The Monkey Link by Andrei Bitov
    The New York Review of Books, April 6, 1995, pp. 29-31
  22. [+]
    The Friend of Promise (Review)
    John Banville
    Cyril Connolly: A Life, by Jeremy Lewis
    1. Cyril Connolly: A Life by Jeremy Lewis
    The New York Review of Books, June 24, 1999, pp. 69-71
  23. from The Book of Evidence
    John Banville
    The Paris Review, December 1989, pp. 16-52
  24. Ghosts (1994)
    John Banville
    1 Review
  25. [+]
    Hardness (3 Reviews)
    John Banville
    Dirty Snow, by Georges Simenon
    1. Dirty Snow by Georges Simenon
    2. Three Bedrooms in Manhattan by Georges Simenon
    3. Monsieur Monde Vanishes by Georges Simenon
    The New Republic, April 11, 2005, pp. 34-37
  26. [+]
    The Human Stain (Review)
    John Banville
    Kafka: A Biography, by Nicholas Murray
    1. Kafka: A Biography by Nicholas Murray
    The Nation, October 18, 2004, pp. 34-37
  27. [+]
    The Idolotry of Light (Review)
    John Banville
    Tiepolo Pink, by Roberto Calasso
    1. Tiepolo Pink by Roberto Calasso
    The New Republic, April 29, 2010, pp. 34-36
  28. [+]
    In Violent Times (3 Reviews)
    John Banville
    Amongst Women, by John McGahern
    1. Amongst Women by John McGahern
    2. Lies of Silence by Brian Moore
    3. The Innocent by Ian McEwan
    The New York Review of Books, December 6, 1990, pp. 22-25
  29. The Infinities (2010)
    John Banville
    1 Review
  30. An Interview
    Salman Rushdie and John Banville
    The New York Review of Books, March 4, 1993, pp. 34-36
  31. Kepler (1983)
    John Banville
    A Novel
    1 Review
  32. [+]
    Landscape Artist (Review)
    John Banville
    Microcosms, by Claudio Magris
    1. Microcosms by Claudio Magris
    The New York Review of Books, April 27, 2000, pp. 46-48
  33. [+]
    The Last Days of Nietzsche (Review)
    John Banville
    Nietzsche in Turin, by Lesley Chamberlain
    1. Nietzsche in Turin by Lesley Chamberlain
    The New York Review of Books, August 13, 1998, pp. 22-25
  34. [+]
    The Last Word (Review)
    John Banville
    Nohow On: Company, Ill Seen Ill Said, Worstward Ho, by Samuel Beckett
    1. Nohow On: Company, Ill Seen Ill Said, Worstward Ho by Samuel Beckett
    The New York Review of Books, August 13, 1992, pp. 17-20
  35. Books & the Arts
    [+]
    Laughter in the Dark (2 Reviews)
    John Banville
    Last Evenings on Earth, by Roberto Bolano
    1. Last Evenings on Earth by Roberto Bolano
    2. The Successor by Ismail Kadare
    The Nation, May 29, 2006, pp. 11-13
  36. [+]
    Laughter in the Dark (3 Reviews)
    John Banville
    New World Avenue and Vicinity, by Tadeusz Konwicki
    1. New World Avenue and Vicinity by Tadeusz Konwicki
    2. Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal
    3. Helping Verbs of the Heart by Peter Esterhazy
    The New York Review of Books, February 14, 1991, pp. 14-17
  37. Letters
    Tracy Quan, Francine du Plessix Gray, and John Calder, ...
    The New York Review of Books, November 5, 1992, pp. 61-64
  38. Letters
    Hugh Agnew and John Banville
    The New York Review of Books, November 5, 1998, pp. 62-64
  39. [+]
    Letters from the Heights (Review)
    John Banville
    Rainer Maria Rilke and Lou Andreas-Salome, by Rainer Maria Rilke and Lou Andreas-Salome
    1. Rainer Maria Rilke and Lou Andreas-Salome by Rainer Maria Rilke and Lou Andreas-Salome
    The New York Review of Books, December 21, 2006, pp. 61-64
  40. [+]
    A Life Elsewhere (Review)
    John Banville
    Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life, by J.M. Coetzee
    1. Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life by J.M. Coetzee
    The New York Review of Books, November 20, 1997, pp. 24-26
  41. [+]
    Living Ghosts (Review)
    John Banville
    Human Chain, by Seamus Heaney
    1. Human Chain by Seamus Heaney
    The New York Review of Books, November 11, 2010, pp. 20-21
  42. [+]
    Living in the Shadows (Review)
    John Banville
    Judge on Trial, by Ivan Klima
    1. Judge on Trial by Ivan Klima
    The New York Review of Books, July 15, 1993, pp. 23-24
  43. Luminous Memoir of a Lost World
    John Banville
    The New York Review of Books, December 4, 2008, pp. 43-44
  44. [+]
    Monster's Ball (Review)
    John Banville
    Party in the Blitz, by Elias Canetti
    1. Party in the Blitz by Elias Canetti
    The Nation, December 5, 2005, pp. 28-29
  45. [+]
    The Motherless Child (Review)
    John Banville
    James Joyce, by Edna O'Brien
    1. James Joyce by Edna O'Brien
    The New York Review of Books, December 16, 1999, pp. 48-50
  46. [+]
    Nabokov's Dark Treasures (Review)
    John Banville
    The Magician's Doubts, by Michael Wood
    1. The Magician's Doubts by Michael Wood
    The New York Review of Books, October 5, 1995, pp. 4-6
  47. The Newton Letter (1987)
    John Banville
    1 Review
  48. [+]
    Nice Work (2 Reviews)
    John Banville
    Therapy, by David Lodge
    1. Therapy by David Lodge
    2. Small World by David Lodge
    The New York Review of Books, August 10, 1995, pp. 24-26
  49. Nightspawn (1971)
    John Banville
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  50. [+]
    The Painful Comedy of Samuel Beckett (6 Reviews)
    John Banville
    Damned to Fame, by James Knowlson
    1. Damned to Fame by James Knowlson
    2. Samuel Beckett by Anthony Cronin
    3. The World of Samuel Beckett, 1906-1946 by Lois Gordon
    4. The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989 by Samuel Beckett and S.E. Gontarski
    5. Eleutheria by Samuel Beckett
    6. Nohow On: Company, Ill Seen Ill Said, Worstward Ho by Samuel Beckett
    The New York Review of Books, November 14, 1996, pp. 24-28
  51. [+]
    Playing House (2 Reviews)
    John Banville
    A Landing on the Sun, by Michael Frayn
    1. A Landing on the Sun by Michael Frayn
    2. Daughters of Albion by A.N. Wilson
    The New York Review of Books, May 14, 1992, pp. 41-42
  52. [+]
    Portrait of the Critic as a Young Man (Review)
    John Banville
    Warrenpoint, by Denis Donoghue
    1. Warrenpoint by Denis Donoghue
    The New York Review of Books, October 25, 1990, pp. 48-50
  53. [+]
    The Prime of James Wood (Review)
    John Banville
    How Fiction Works, by James Wood
    1. How Fiction Works by James Wood
    The New York Review of Books, November 20, 2008, pp. 85-88
  54. [+]
    A Rare Species (Review)
    John Banville
    Being Dead, by Jim Crace
    1. Being Dead by Jim Crace
    The New York Review of Books, April 13, 2000, pp. 30-33
  55. [+]
    A Real Funny Guy (Review)
    John Banville
    The Russian Girl, by Kingsley Amis
    1. The Russian Girl by Kingsley Amis
    The New York Review of Books, June 9, 1994, pp. 29-30
  56. [+]
    Relics (Review)
    John Banville
    Two Lives, by William Trevor
    1. Two Lives by William Trevor
    The New York Review of Books, September 26, 1991, pp. 29-30
  57. [+]
    Revelations (2 Reviews)
    John Banville
    Selected Stories, by Alice Munro
    1. Selected Stories by Alice Munro
    2. After Rain by William Trevor
    The New York Review of Books, February 20, 1997, pp. 19-22
  58. [+]
    The Rubble Artist (Review)
    John Banville
    Austerlitz, by W.G. Sebald
    1. Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald
    The New Republic, November 26, 2001, pp. 35-37
  59. The Sea (2005)
    John Banville
    2 Reviews
  60. [+]
    She's Back (Review)
    John Banville
    Slow Man, by J.M. Coetzee
    1. Slow Man by J.M. Coetzee
    The New Republic, October 10, 2005, p. 31
  61. [+]
    Slouching Toward Bethlehem (2 Reviews)
    John Banville
    Selected Poems, by Derek Mahon
    1. Selected Poems by Derek Mahon
    2. Madoc by Paul Muldoon
    The New York Review of Books, May 30, 1991, pp. 37-39
  62. [+]
    The Still Mysterious Enchanter (Review)
    John Banville
    Speak, Nabokov, by Michael Maar
    1. Speak, Nabokov by Michael Maar
    The New York Review of Books, July 15, 2010, pp. 46-49
  63. [+]
    Swan's Way (Review)
    John Banville
    W. B. Yeats: A Life, Vol. I, by R.F. Foster
    1. W. B. Yeats: A Life, Vol. I by R.F. Foster
    The New Republic, June 23, 1997, pp. 31-35
  64. [+]
    That's Life! (Review)
    John Banville
    Last Orders, by Graham Swift
    1. Last Orders by Graham Swift
    The New York Review of Books, April 4, 1996, p. 8
  65. [+]
    Through a Glass Vaguely (Review)
    John Banville
    All the Names, by Jose Saramago
    1. All the Names by Jose Saramago
    The New Republic, December 18, 2000, p. 33
  66. [+]
    The Tragicomic Dubliner (2 Reviews)
    John Banville
    No Laughing Matter, by Anthony Cronin
    1. No Laughing Matter by Anthony Cronin
    2. At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien
    The New York Review of Books, November 18, 1999, pp. 30-34
  67. Translating Rilke
    John Banville, Richard Stern, and John Friedmann, ...
    An Exchange
    The New York Review of Books, March 29, 2007, pp. 47-49
  68. [+]
    The Un-Heimlich Maneuver (2 Reviews)
    John Banville
    The Norton Book of Ghost Stories, by Brad Leithauser
    1. The Norton Book of Ghost Stories by Brad Leithauser
    2. Women and Ghosts by Alison Lurie
    The New York Review of Books, February 2, 1995, pp. 25-27
  69. The Untouchable (1997)
    John Banville
    4 Reviews
  70. [+]
    War Without Peace (Review)
    John Banville
    Generations of Winter, by Vassily Aksyonov
    1. Generations of Winter by Vassily Aksyonov
    The New York Review of Books, November 3, 1994, pp. 4-7
  71. [+]
    Winners (3 Reviews)
    John Banville
    Jump and Other Stories, by Nadine Gordimer
    1. Jump and Other Stories by Nadine Gordimer
    2. Playing the Game by Ian Buruma
    3. Asya by Michael Ignatieff
    The New York Review of Books, November 21, 1991, pp. 27-29
  72. [+]
    The Word-Stormer (Review)
    John Banville
    The Letters of Samuel Beckett, Vol. I: 1929-1940, by Martha Dow Fehsenfeld, Lois More O...
    1. The Letters of Samuel Beckett, Vol. I: 1929-1940 by Martha Dow Fehsenfeld, Lois More Overbeck, and Samuel Beckett, ...
    The New Republic, May 20, 2009, pp. 32-33
  73. [+]
    Writing on Life Support (2 Reviews)
    John Banville
    Beckett's Dying Words, by Christopher Ricks
    1. Beckett's Dying Words by Christopher Ricks
    2. Dream of Fair to Middling Women by Samuel Beckett
    The New York Review of Books, December 16, 1993, pp. 42-44
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