Time has moved on for Quirke, the world-weary pathologist first
encountered in Christine Falls. It is the middle of the 1950s, that
low, dishonourable decade; a woman he loved has died, a man he once
admired is dying, while the daughter he for so long denied is still
finding it hard to accept him as her father. When an old
acquaintance approaches him about his wife's apparent suicide,
Quirke recognizes trouble but, as always, trouble is something he
cannot resist.
'Drug addiction, morbid sexual obsession, blackmail and murder,
as well as prose as crisp as a winter's morning by the Liffey . . .
Quirke is human enough to swell the hardest of hearts' "GQ"
'A neat whodunit plot and a delightful command of suspense' "
Independent on Sunday"
'The death of Michael Dibdin left a huge hole in crime fiction.
Black and Quirke are filling that gap with this wholly gripping
account for the shady, priest-ridden and blithely corrupt society
of mid-twentieth-century Dublin' "Daily Mail"
'A romp of a read, a compelling fix' "Scotsman"
'Dublin's clammy atmosphere and its oppressive social and
religious mores are a convincing backdrop to a moving drama
conveyed by a master writer' "The Times"
General
Imprint: |
Picador
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Quirke Mysteries |
Release date: |
July 2011 |
Authors: |
Benjamin Black
|
Dimensions: |
197 x 131 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
344 |
Edition: |
Media tie-in |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-330-45408-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
|
LSN: |
0-330-45408-0 |
Barcode: |
9780330454087 |
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