Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "The Sea (novel)" in English language version.
One of the judges, writer and antiquarian book dealer Rick Gekoski, confessed midweek that over the years he had been put off the Booker, partly because of the coverage which got bitchier and bitchier. But being a judge this year, arguing forcefully for Banville's The Sea and seeing it win has restored his faith in the prize. By the time of the judges' final meeting, he had read it five times, enjoyed it more and understood it better each time. Despite being berated after the award announcement by a bookseller who said the decision was disgraceful and that The Sea would be impossible to sell, Gekoski, writing in the Times, said it remains the best book of the year. 'It is a work of art, in the tradition of high modernism, and I'll bet it will still be read and admired in 75 years'.
