APRIL IN SPAIN is a simple story; there isn't much to it. But John Banville seems to pad it to make it more than it is. Except I've read a book by him before, so I think that what looks like padding is actually his writing style.



Dr. Quirke, a pathologist in Ireland, is on vacation in Spain when he meets another doctor who he suspects is a woman who had been declared dead in Ireland. I could tell you the rest of the story in a few more sentences.



Banville is way too wordy. He also goes off on tangents and tells you way more than you need or want to know.



Although this is a short book, finishing it was a chore.