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""Banville sets up and then deftly demolishes the Agatha Christie format...superbly rich and sophisticated.""--New York Times Book Review ""[A] deceptively complex mystery with literary flourishes...[A] brilliant mix of old tropes and sadly modern evil.""--Booklist, STARRED review ""The sinister and unnerving Snow has all the trimmings of a classic country house mystery - body in the library, closed circle of suspects, foul weather - all elevated by Banville's immaculate, penetrating prose.""--Peter Swanson ""A beautifully executed, nostalgia-churning throwback that directs the occasional wink at the reader.""--Shelf Awareness ""Snow is easily one of his best - and one of the very best mysteries of this or any other year.""--Globe and Mail ""Thoughtful and nuanced."" --Seattle Times ""Snow continues to cement the legacy of one of our greatest living writers.""--CrimeReads ""Perfect for the time of year when shadows grow longer and darker by the day.""--BookPage ""Snow offers many reminders of Banville's mastery.""--The Atlantic Praise for John Banville ""John Banville is one of my favorite writers alive, and I pick up his books whenever I need a reminder how to write a good sentence."" --R.F. Kuang ""The Irish master."" --New Yorker ""One of the best novelists in English."" --The Guardian ""John Banville deserves his Booker Prize."" --Los Angeles Times Book Review ""A grand writer with a seductive style."" --New York Times Book Review ""Banville is a master at capturing the most fleeting memory or excruciating twinge of self-awareness with riveting accuracy."" --People ""Prodigiously gifted. He cannot write an unpolished phrase."" --The Independent ""[Banville's] books are like baroque cathedrals."" --Paris Review ""One periodically rereads a [Banville] sentence just to marvel at its beauty."" --USA TODAY

"""Banville sets up and then deftly demolishes the Agatha Christie format...superbly rich and sophisticated.""--New York Times Book Review ""[A] deceptively complex mystery with literary flourishes...[A] brilliant mix of old tropes and sadly modern evil.""--Booklist, STARRED review ""The sinister and unnerving Snow has all the trimmings of a classic country house mystery - body in the library, closed circle of suspects, foul weather - all elevated by Banville's immaculate, penetrating prose.""--Peter Swanson ""A beautifully executed, nostalgia-churning throwback that directs the occasional wink at the reader.""--Shelf Awareness ""Snow is easily one of his best - and one of the very best mysteries of this or any other year.""--Globe and Mail ""Thoughtful and nuanced."" --Seattle Times ""Snow continues to cement the legacy of one of our greatest living writers.""--CrimeReads ""Perfect for the time of year when shadows grow longer and darker by the day.""--BookPage ""Snow offers many reminders of Banville's mastery.""--The Atlantic"

Banville sets up and then deftly demolishes the Agatha Christie format...superbly rich and sophisticated. --New York Times Book Review [A] deceptively complex mystery with literary flourishes...[A] brilliant mix of old tropes and sadly modern evil. --Booklist, STARRED review The sinister and unnerving Snow has all the trimmings of a classic country house mystery - body in the library, closed circle of suspects, foul weather - all elevated by Banville's immaculate, penetrating prose. --Peter Swanson A beautifully executed, nostalgia-churning throwback that directs the occasional wink at the reader. --Shelf Awareness Snow is easily one of his best - and one of the very best mysteries of this or any other year. --Globe and Mail Thoughtful and nuanced. --Seattle Times Snow continues to cement the legacy of one of our greatest living writers. --CrimeReads Perfect for the time of year when shadows grow longer and darker by the day. --BookPage Snow offers many reminders of Banville's mastery. --The Atlantic

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JOHN BANVILLE was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of numerous novels, including The Sea, which won the 2005 Booker Prize, and the DI Quirke novels written under the pseudonym Benjamin Black. In 2011 he was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize, in 2013 he was awarded the Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Achievement in Irish Literature and in 2014 he won the Prince of Asturias Award, Spain's most important literary prize. He lives in Dublin.

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