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The Silver Swan
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
The Silver Swan
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Benjamin Black
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Series | Quirke Mysteries |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:368 | Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 127 |
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Category/Genre | Crime and mystery |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780330454087
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Classifications | Dewey:823.914 |
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Edition |
Media tie-in
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Pan Macmillan
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Imprint |
Picador
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Publication Date |
1 July 2011 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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.
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