by Benjamin Black · Picador · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780312426323
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«Christine Falls» is the mystery novel by Benjamin Black, published by Picador in paperback (369 pages, in English).
Quirke, a pathologist in 1950s Dublin, discovers his brother-in-law tampering with the file of a young woman in the morgue. His determination to find out who that patient was uncovers a conspiracy that crosses the Atlantic, reaches the Catholic Church, and may implicate his own family. Neither threats nor violence can stop him.
First installment of the Quirke series, written by Benjamin Black, pseudonym of the Irishman John Banville. The novel was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 2008.
Recommended for readers of crime fiction and suspense who enjoy mystery plots with an Irish historical setting.
William John Banville is an Irish novelist, adapter of dramas, and screenwriter. A former member of Aosdána, he voluntarily relinquished the financial stipend in 2001 to another, more impoverished, writer.
