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This book is undoubtedly the best piece of writing to come out in this century. Banville’s prose is like a well ripe whiskey trickling down the throat. Soothing. One of the easiest methods to distinguish between a serious reader and a paperback reader is to give him a copy of The Sea and ask his opinion. It would easily tell if the litmus is blue or red: whom to take seriously and whom to make persona non grata in your sphere of literary influence.