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The Silver Swan

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Silver Swan
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Benjamin Black
SeriesQuirke Mysteries
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:368
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 127
Category/GenreCrime and mystery
ISBN/Barcode 9780330454087
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
General
Edition Media tie-in

Publishing Details

Publisher Pan Macmillan
Imprint Picador
Publication Date 1 July 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Time has moved on for Quirke, the world-weary Dublin pathologist first encountered in Christine Falls. It is the middle of the 1950s, that low, dishonourable decade; a woman he loved has died, a man whom he once admired is dying, while the daughter he for so long denied is still finding it hard to accept him as her father.When Billy Hunt, an acquaintance from college days, approaches him about his wife's apparent suicide, Quirke recognises trouble but, as always, trouble is something he cannot resist. Slowly he is drawn into a twilight world of drug addiction, sexual obsession, blackmail and murder, a world in which even the redoubtable Inspector Hackett can offer him few directions.

Author Biography

Benjamin Black is the pen name of acclaimed author John Banville, who was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. His novels have won numerous awards, including the Man Booker Prize in 2005 for The Sea. He lives in Dublin.