John Banville novel plots the need to poeticize memory

NEW YORK, Oct 11: Booker-prize-winning author John Banville explores the nature of memory or, as he would prefer to call it, imagination in his latest book. In an interview the Irish novelist said he intends for “Ancient Light” to stand alone, but those who have read his previous novels will recognize the character of Alex Cleave from “Eclipse” and “Shroud,” which explored other facets of his  life.
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