This significantly revised edition of Long Lankin includes a previously uncollected story and presents persuasive evidence that John Banville has been a marvel from the beginning.
Prophetic reviewers of John Banville’s first book recognized at once ‘a new talent already in command of an individual style’ (Observer), ‘a quite brilliant talent’ (Queen) and ‘a ray of hope for the future of fiction’ (New Statesman).
‘All the stories move unerringly with a nervous, almost aggressive speed, creating taut emotional situations. The atmosphere and the movement from mood to mood are thoroughly Irish and thoroughly individual.’ — Ronald Hayman, Sunday Telegraph
‘All the stories move unerringly with a nervous, almost aggressive speed, creating taut emotional situations. The atmosphere and the movement from mood to mood are thoroughly Irish and thoroughly individual.’
— Ronald Hayman, Sunday Telegraph
Year Published: 1984
Details: 96pp
ISBN PBK: 978 0 904011 72 2
