I like to dress conservatively because then the outrageous … - John Banville

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I like to dress conservatively because then the outrageous things you say are even more outrageous.

John Banville

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About John Banville

John Banville (born 8 December 1945) is an Irish novelist and journalist. He is recognised for his precise, cold, forensic prose style, Nabokovian inventiveness, and for the dark humour of his generally arch narrators. His stated ambition is to give his prose "the kind of denseness and thickness that poetry has".

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Alternative Names: Benjamin Black • William John Banville

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I like to dress conservatively because then the outrageous things you say are even more outrageous. - John Banville

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