The Observer, Sunday, 19 June 2011

A trip to California in 1968 proved a heady mix for Man Booker prize-winning novelist John Banville. He was agog at avocados and afros, and captivated by the voice of Alfred Deller. It was a long way from Dublin . . .

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jun/19/once-upon-a-life-john-banville