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Silver Swan - (Quirke) by  John Banville (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Silver Swan - (Quirke) by John Banville (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • It has been two years since the events of Christine Falls, the bestselling novel that introduced the world to an irascible Dublin pathologist named Quirke.
  • About the Author: Benjamin Black is the pen name of acclaimed author John Banville, who was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945.
  • 320 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Mystery & Detective
  • Series Name: Quirke

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With its vivid, intense evocation of 1950s Dublin, and intricate, psychologically complex storyline, "The Silver Swan" is "even more engrossing than last year's "Christine Falls"" ("Entertainment Weekly").



Book Synopsis



It has been two years since the events of Christine Falls, the bestselling novel that introduced the world to an irascible Dublin pathologist named Quirke. Quirke's beloved Sarah has died, his surrogate father lies paralyzed by a stroke, and he's been sober for half a year. When a near-forgotten acquaintance asks him to cover up his beautiful young wife's apparent suicide, Quirke knows he should stay clear, for the sake of his sobriety and his peace of mind. But his old itch is irresistible, and before long he is probing further into the circumstances of Deidre Hunt's death, into a web of drugs and illicit sex that may have snared his own daughter, Phoebe. With its vivid, intense evocation of 1950s Dublin, and intricate, psychologically complex storyline, The Silver Swan is "even more engrossing than last year's Christine Falls" (Entertainment Weekly).



Review Quotes




"Grippingly propulsive . . . Christine Falls was the most artful noir mystery in years; The Silver Swan is better." --Los Angeles Times

"[Black] proved he could walk the crime-fiction walk with the Edgar(R)-nominated Christine Falls, and now his luminous prose gets an even better infrastructure in the sequel, a faster-paced, further melancholic slice of the noir life of Dublin pathologist Quirke." --Baltimore Sun

"If you like your mysteries like Guinness--dark and Irish--look no further." --Rocky Mountain News(Denver)

"[A] brilliant book." --The Seattle Times

"A superb sense of place and an unsettling atmosphere of dread and repressed desire." --The Providence Journal

"A satisfying blend of the muck, and pluck, of the Irish . . . The author knows 1950s Dublin inside and out and the narrative drives onward with pitch-perfect passages." --The Christian Science Monitor

"[Black] is a superb, evocative writer." --The Miami Herald

"Black's prose is as clear and moody as Banville's, never stooping to cliché in word, image, or concept. . . . The delicate but inexorable suspense grows in the natural way, from misunderstanding, deceit, loneliness, and fear." --The Oregonian (Portland)

"[Black's] sinuous prose, subtle eroticism, and 1950s period detail do more than enough to put this series on the map." --The New York Times Book Review




About the Author



Benjamin Black is the pen name of acclaimed author John Banville, who was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. His novels have won numerous awards, most recently the Man Booker Prize in 2005 for The Sea. He lives in Dublin.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.3 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: .8 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 320
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Mystery & Detective
Series Title: Quirke
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Theme: Hard-Boiled
Format: Paperback
Author: Benjamin Black
Language: English
Street Date: February 3, 2009
TCIN: 84103052
UPC: 9780312428242
Item Number (DPCI): 247-16-1350
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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