think he assumed that I would believe him and that I would make a big fuss in the newspapers and say this is another dispute within the jury. I think that's what he expected me to do because that would embarrass the Academy. Specifically he was talking about some woman on it who was deeply into gender studies. So I suspect it was her that was the target. It wasn't done for fun. It has the hallmarks of a man with a grudge. Not a grudge against me". Banville provided the recording to the Swedish Academy to assist its investigation. Banville responded well in spite the hoax; he was described in the Sunday Independent as being "as dignified and eloquent as ever in the face of a disappointment that made headlines around the world" and told The Observer: "There is some comedy in it and potential material: 'The man who nearly won the Nobel prize'". Media in Ireland described the trick played on Banville as "cruel", while media in neighbouring England described it as "deceitful". He received numerous sympathetic emails and telephone calls and support from fellow writers. Works Nightspawn. London: Secker & Warburg, 1971 Birchwood. London: Secker & Warburg, 1973 The Revolutions Trilogy: Doctor Copernicus. London: Secker & Warburg, 1976 Kepler. London: Secker & Warburg, 1981 The Newton Letter. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982 Mefisto. London: Secker & Warburg, 1986 The Frames Trilogy The Book of Evidence. London: Secker & Warburg, 1989 Ghosts. London: Secker & Warburg, 1993 Athena. London: Secker & Warburg, 1995 The Untouchable. London: Picador, 1997 The Alexander and Cass Cleave Trilogy Eclipse. London: Picador, 2000 Shroud. London: Picador, 2002 Ancient Light. London: Viking Penguin, 2012 The Sea. London: Picador, 2005 The Infinities. London: Picador, 2009 The Blue Guitar. London: Viking Penguin, 2015 Mrs Osmond. London: Penguin, 2017 Snow. London: Faber & Faber, 2020 April in Spain. London: Faber & Faber, 2021 The Singularities (2022) See also Roman à clef References Further reading Conversations with John Banville. Edited by Earl G. Ingersoll and John Cusatis (2020); University Press of Mississippi; ISBN 978-1-4968-2875-0 Irish University Review: A Journal of Irish Studies: Special Issue John Banville. Edited by Derek Hand (June 2006) Irish Writers on Writing featuring John Banville. Edited by Eavan Boland (Trinity University Press, 2007). John Banville: A Critical Introduction by Rüdiger Imhof (1989); Wolfhound Press; John Banville: A Critical Study by Joseph McMinn (1991); Gill