{"product_id":"9780312428082","title":"The Lemur : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lemur\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Benjamin Black\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new thriller from the Booker Prize–winning and Edgar-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eChristine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Falls\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Silver Swan\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eJohn Glass's life in New York should be plenty comfortable. He's given up his career as a journalist to write an authorized biography of his father-in-law, communications magnate and former CIA agent Big Bill Mulholland. He works in a big office in Mulholland Tower, rent-free, and goes home (most nights) to his wealthy and well-preserved wife, Wild Bill's daughter. He misses his old life sometimes, but all in all things have turned out well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when his shifty young researcher--a man he calls \"The Lemur\"--turns up some unflattering information about the family, Glass's whole easy existence is threatened. Then the young man is murdered, and it's up to Glass to find out what The Lemur knew, and who killed him, before any secrets come out--and before any other bodies appear.Shifting from 1950s Dublin to contemporary New York, the masterful crime writer Benjamin Black returns in this standalone thriller--a story of family secrets so deep, and so dangerous, that anyone might kill to keep them hidden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\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 on Christine Falls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Intricately plotted, beautifully written . . . a page-turner told in prose so beautiful you'll want to read some passages repeatedly.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe on Christine Falls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Measured, taut, and transfixing.” —\u003ci\u003eUSA Today on Christine Falls\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 on Christine Falls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eChristine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Falls\u003c\/i\u003e offers a subtler, deeper satisfaction than just finding out whodunit. . . . What's scariest of all about \u003ci\u003eChristine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Falls\u003c\/i\u003e is the atmosphere of moral claustrophobia enveloping it.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer on Christine Falls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A redolent Catholic conspiracy that might stagger the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Da Vinci Code . . . \u003c\/i\u003emore than a mere busman's holiday by a master of English prose.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times on Christine Falls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A fascinating book, strong on mood and description.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Oregonian on Christine Falls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner Publishers Weekly Listen Up Awards: Best in Category (2008)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312428082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594620285134,"sku":"9780312428082","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_122dfb17-9d44-4b14-908d-5fe68aa93e49.jpg?v=1637812789","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312428082","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}