John Banville: A Critical Introduction is a 1989 book by Rüdiger Imhof, which is the first full-length appraisal of the work of major turn of the century writer John Banville.
Imhof's book has been characterised as "formalist" by Joseph McMinn, whose John Banville: A Critical Study appeared two years later.
Imhof's book was republished in 1997 following the arrival of The Untouchable. Weekend.
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Review by Sean Lysaght in Irish University Review, Vol. 20, No. 1, "The English of the Irish: Special Issue" (Spring, 1990), pp. 214-217