Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st US, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 212 pages. From the internationally acclaimed Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea comes a wonderful memoir that unfolds around the author's recollections, experiences, and imaginings of Dublin. As much about the life of the city as it is about a life lived, sometimes, in the city, John Banville's account is as layered, emotionally rich, witty, and unexpected as any of his novels. Born and bred in a small town a train ride away from Dublin, Banville saw the city as a place of enchantment when he was a child, a birthday treat, the place where his beloved, eccentric aunt lived. And though, when he came of age and took up residence there, and the city became a frequent backdrop for his dissatisfactions (not playing an identifiable role in his work until the Quirke mystery series, penned as Benjamin Black), it remained in some part of his memory as fascinating as it had been to his seven-year-old self. And as he guides us around the city, delighting in its cultural, architectural, political, and social history, he interweaves the memories that are attached to particular places and moments. Clean copy.
 "Time Pieces: A Dublin Memoir by: John Banville")
