John Banville

Step into the ghostly splendour of fin-desiècle Venice with Booker Prize-winner John Banville as he discusses his beguiling new novel, Venetian Vespers with critic and writer Alex Clark.

A master of elegant prose and moral unease, Banville conjures a world of mist, intrigue and crumbling glamour, where a failing writer, a fragile marriage, and a decaying palazzo harbour strange secrets. With echoes of Henry James and a dash of gothic unease, this is Banville at his most intoxicating.

Born in Wexford, John Banville is the author of many novels including The Book of Evidence, The Sea and more recently the best-selling Strafford and Quirke crime series.