{"product_id":"9780312426323","title":"Christine Falls : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eChristine Falls\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Benjamin Black\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hero of \u003ci\u003eChristine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Falls,\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A page-turner told in prose so beautiful you'll want to read some passages repeatedly. Intricately plotted, beautifully written.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.” —\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Offers a subtler, deeper satisfaction than just finding out whodunit. . . . What's most disconcerting of all about \u003ci\u003eChristine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFalls\u003c\/i\u003e is the atmosphere of moral claustrophobia enveloping it.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.” —\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Crime fiction rarely lives up to the term 'literary,' but [\u003ci\u003eChristine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Falls\u003c\/i\u003e] is the happy exception.” —\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed Audible.com Best of the Year (2007), Long-listed Audible.com 100 Audible Essentials (2007), Edgar Allen Poe Award Nominee (2008), Nominated Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee (2008), Winner Publishers Weekly Listen Up Awards: Best in Category (2007), Nominated Macavity Award - Nominee (2007)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312426323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40654214299854,"sku":"9780312426323","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_4aaa7ec7-af12-4bcd-bd5a-5e285af6d46f.jpg?v=1639362240","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312426323","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}