Christine Falls - (Quirke) by Benjamin Black (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In the debut crime novel from a Booker Prize-winning author, a Dublin pathologist follows the corpse of a mysterious woman into the heart of a conspiracy among the city's high Catholic society. Picador USA<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The hero of <i>Christine</i><i> Falls, </i> Quirke, is a surly pathologist living in 1950s Dublin. One night, after having a few drinks at a party, he returns to the morgue to find his brother-in-law tampering with the records on a young woman's corpse. The next morning, when his hangover has worn off, Quirke reluctantly begins looking into the woman's history. He discovers a plot that spans two continents, implicates the Catholic Church, and may just involve members of his own family. He is warned--first subtly, then with violence--to lay off, but Quirke is a stubborn man. The first novel in the Quirke series brings all the vividness and psychological insight of John Banville's writing to the dark, menacing atmosphere of a first-class thriller.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A page-turner told in prose so beautiful you'll want to read some passages repeatedly. Intricately plotted, beautifully written." --<i>The Boston Globe</i> <p/>"Measured, taut, and transfixing . . . Benjamin Black's plotting is methodical, detailed, and always gripping. You can smell the smoke in Quirke's favorite pub and touch the cool walls in a Boston convent he later visits." --<i>USA Today</i> <p/>"Swirling, elegant noir . . . Crossover fiction of a very high order . . . Rolls forward with haunting, sultry exoticism . . . toward the best kind of denouement under these circumstances: a half inconclusive one." --<i>The New York Times</i> <p/>"Offers a subtler, deeper satisfaction than just finding out whodunit. . . . What's most disconcerting of all about <i>Christine</i> <i>Falls</i> is the atmosphere of moral claustrophobia enveloping it." --<i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i> <p/>"A dark, ambitious crime novel . . . It's going to make more than a few readers flip the book over to look at the author photo to make sure Banville's really pulling the strings." --<i>Newsday</i> <p/>"Crime fiction rarely lives up to the term 'literary, ' but [<i>Christine</i><i> Falls</i>] is the happy exception." --<i>Entertainment Weekly</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Benjamin Black</b> is the pen name of acclaimed author <b>John Banville</b>, who was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. His novels have won numerous awards, most recently the Man Booker Prize in 2005 for <i>The Sea</i>. He lives in Dublin.</p>
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