Christine Falls
(Book)
Author:
NoveList Series:
Quirke mysteries volume 1.
Series:
Quirke novel ; volume 1.
Published:
New York : H. Holt, 2006.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st edition.
Physical Desc:
340 pages ; 25 cm.
Status:
Description
In the debut crime novel from the Booker-winning author, a Dublin pathologist follows the corpse of a mysterious woman into the heart of
a conspiracy among the city's high Catholic society It's not the dead that seem strange to Quirke. It's the living. One night, after a few drinks at an office party, Quirke shuffles down into the morgue where he works and finds his brother-in-law, Malachy, altering a file he has no business even reading. Odd enough in itself to find Malachy there, but the next morning, when the haze has lifted, it looks an awful lot like his brother-in-law, the esteemed doctor, was in fact tampering with a corpse--and concealing the cause of death.
It turns out the body belonged to a young woman named Christine Falls. And as Quirke reluctantly presses on toward the true facts behind her death, he comes up against some insidious--and very well-guarded--secrets of Dublin's high Catholic society, among them members of his own family.
Set in Dublin and Boston in the 1950s, the first novel in the Quirke series brings all the vividness and psychological insight of Booker Prize winner John Banville's fiction to a thrilling, atmospheric crime story. Quirke is a fascinating and subtly drawn hero, Christine Falls is a classic tale of suspense, and Benjamin Black's debut marks him as a true master of the form.
a conspiracy among the city's high Catholic society It's not the dead that seem strange to Quirke. It's the living. One night, after a few drinks at an office party, Quirke shuffles down into the morgue where he works and finds his brother-in-law, Malachy, altering a file he has no business even reading. Odd enough in itself to find Malachy there, but the next morning, when the haze has lifted, it looks an awful lot like his brother-in-law, the esteemed doctor, was in fact tampering with a corpse--and concealing the cause of death.
It turns out the body belonged to a young woman named Christine Falls. And as Quirke reluctantly presses on toward the true facts behind her death, he comes up against some insidious--and very well-guarded--secrets of Dublin's high Catholic society, among them members of his own family.
Set in Dublin and Boston in the 1950s, the first novel in the Quirke series brings all the vividness and psychological insight of Booker Prize winner John Banville's fiction to a thrilling, atmospheric crime story. Quirke is a fascinating and subtly drawn hero, Christine Falls is a classic tale of suspense, and Benjamin Black's debut marks him as a true master of the form.
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Last Check-In
Eagle River Adult Mystery
M BLA BK.1
Available
Sep 6, 2019
Superior Adult Fiction
FICTION Black, Benjamin
Available
Sep 30, 2023
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
0805081526, 9780805081527
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Black, B. (2006). Christine Falls. 1st edition. New York, H. Holt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Black, Benjamin, 1945-. 2006. Christine Falls. New York, H. Holt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Black, Benjamin, 1945-, Christine Falls. New York, H. Holt, 2006.
MLA Citation (style guide)Black, Benjamin. Christine Falls. 1st edition. New York, H. Holt, 2006.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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