John Banville
John Banville's many books include The Sea, which won the 2007 Man Booker Prize, and several crime novels under the pseudonym Benjamin Black.
From his Q & A with Anna Metcalfe for the Financial Times:
What is the last thing you read that made you laugh out loud?Read the complete Q & A.My royalty statements. It was a sardonic laugh.
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What book changed your life?
The catechism of the Catholic Church, which was dinned into me as a seven-year-old. It answered every question I could have possibly asked about the world.
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Which literary character most resembles you?
Don Quixote’s Sancho Panza. He’s a complete realist and gets enjoyment out of the world’s silliness.
--Marshal Zeringue
