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John Banville – Ancient Light

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Here’s my review from today’s Independent on Sunday of John Banville’s Ancient Light. This is a cert for the Man Booker shortlist. It takes time to read as the prose is so rich and demanding of reflection, but it’s poetically gorgeous.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/ancient-light-by-john-banville-7922384.html

About Leyla Sanai

Freelanced for NME in London, mainly from '81 - '83, with sporadic pieces after that for a few years while studying medicine in Edinburgh. After graduation from Edinburgh Medical School, did JHO year then worked as a physician for a couple of years in Edinburgh, doing MRCP exams, then as an anaesthetist in Glasgow, doing FRCA and becoming a consultant anaesthetist in Glasgow's Western Infirmary/Gartnavel General Hospital. Freelanced for various publications over the years eg Times, Sunday Times, Herald (column for few years in Sat mag), Scotland on Sunday, Scotsman, Guardian, Sunday Herald, Observer. News Ed of British Journal of Intensive Care and International Journal Intensive Care for few years. Two columns in BMA News Review for a few years, and book reviews in BMJ and Lancet, plus articles in Careers BMJ and Student BMJ, Discover and other publications. Now have more time on hands as had to give up work as anaesthetist because of rheumatological illness (scleroderma) and write book reviews on freelance basis for The Independent on Sunday and The Independent and a column for the Scottish Medical Journal.

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