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LONDON, Oct 21, 2005 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Instead of capitalizing on his Booker Prize win, Irish author John Banville is going to publish his next novel under a pseudonym.
Banville won the prestigious prize last week for his novel "The Sea."
But he's not using his media momentum to sell his next book, a 1950s thriller titled "Quirke," which will carry the name Benjamin Black as author, the BBC reported Friday.
Banville's Picador publisher, Andrew Kidd, told the BBC the author made the decision not to use his real name because the new book is strictly for entertainment.
"He doesn't want people reading 'Quirke' and looking for the same things they do in a Banville novel," Kidd said.
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