John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of fifteen novels, including The Sea, which won the 2005 Man Booker Prize. He has received a literary award from the Lannan Foundation. He lives in Dublin.
I too am disappointed by the the absence of Richard Brautigan and would like to design his covers when you do decide to re-issue him. His books were for me synonomous with Picador back in the seventies. The covers are good but for me not engaging because they are curiously inorganic which is a hallmark I think of digital design processes. Design is often subjective but I would have much preferred colour rather than black and white, faces rather then shapes and forget about those clever clever ideas and go back to doing great iconic covers.
Sophie Jonathan replied
Monday 8th Oct 2012 01:47
I'm told this problem was fixed a while ago - thanks for the heads up.