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The hero of Christine Falls, 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.
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SERIES
Quirke
1
PUBLISHED
New York : H. Holt, 2006.
Year Published: 2006
Description: 368 pages ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780312426323 (softcover)
SUBJECTS
Quirke -- (Fictitious character)
Pathologists -- Fiction.
Upper class -- Ireland -- Fiction.
Catholics -- Fiction.
Dublin (Ireland) -- Fiction.
Ireland -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.