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Book Review of The Sea

The Sea
The Sea
Author: John Banville
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 6


This has GLOWING reviews, from the NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST, THE BOSTON GLOBE, and THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, as well as having won the Man Booker Prize in Britain. It's evocative and nostalgic to me, though it didn't really ring my chimes. More my problem than its, I suspect.