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Award-winning Irish novelist Banville (Mrs. Osmond; The Blue Guitar; as crime writer Benjamin Black, Prague Nights) blends history with personal reminiscence as he shares his impressions of Dublin while pondering when "the past" actually begins. He starts by describing his boyhood perceptions during birthday visits to the capital while living in the town of Wexford, when he saw the city as "a place of magical promise."...Log In or Sign Up to Read More