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The Silver Swan (#2)
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Time has moved on for Quirke, the world-weary Dublin 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 whom 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 Billy Hunt, an acquaintance from college days, approaches him about his wife's apparent suicide, Quirke recognises trouble but, as always, trouble is something he cannot resist. Slowly he is drawn into a twilight world of drug addiction, sexual obsession, blackmail and murder, a world in which even the redoubtable Inspector Hackett can offer him few directions. 'Absorbing, atmospheric and moving, with all the characters superbly drawn, and the writing is just lovely. More please' - "Guardian". 'Sadly this year Michael Dibdin died leaving a huge hole in crime fiction. I think Black and Quirke are filling that gap with this wholly gripping account' - "Daily Mail". Benjamin Black is the pen name of John Banville. First published 2007.Stock Information
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- : 9780330454087
- : 81848
- : 81848
- : books
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- : Paperback
- : Benjamin Black
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