John Banville recently told Newsweek about his five most important books.And addressed two other book-related issues:
A Certified Important Book you haven't read:
George Eliot's Middlemarch, which is a source of shame. I know it's superb, but I have always been daunted by this masterpiece.The book I most want my kids to read:
The Tower by W. B. Yeats. They would learn, or at least glimpse, how magnificent poetry can be.
Read more about Banville's most important books.
--Marshal Zeringue
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