he was able to hind an envelope containing the new john banville book. would like to have been there to see my publisher's face because nobody knew it was coming. it's been quite an adventure. the thing is that banville writes lonely indeed. >> charlie: banville does. >> it would take banville two to five years to write. >> charlie: how long does it take black. >> about three orour months. chaie: ust exminut that. >> wel it's an entirely different way of working. >> charlie: your head is in a different place. >> yes. i have to concentrate on everything when i'm writing as banville. i have to try to get near to perfection as i possly can. it's very infinite and has more calculus getting nearer and nearer. i keep thinking i'm getting nearer and nearer to perfection. of course i never gethere but i keep pushing. that's the obsession that drives nville. writing as black, i write very -- i should s he. he writes very fluently, very swiftly. he doesn't linger over sentences. he makes sentences as well as could ma them and doesn't fiddle with them. lookinfor per