Quirke (7 books in series)
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review 1: I love a good mystery and this did it for me. You can always count on Black for well developed characters. I have never seen the show, only read the books. Quirke must be larger than life on the television. The book had just enough imagery and balance to let you know where yo...
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review 1: “Benjamin Black” is the pseudonym for John Banville, a master of language whose serious works often complete for literary prizes.This is a hard bitten narrative with mesmerizing use of language. Black’s descriptions are wonderful, the second paragraph’s evocation of fog being amo...
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review 1: This book is beautifully written. It evokes the fog-enveloped gloom of 1950s Dublin. It provides insights into the claustrophobic world of the city’s middle class. But nothing happens.Phoebe thinks her friend April may have disappeared but April always was a bit of a wild one. Ph...
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review 1: John Banville writing as Benjamin Black has created a world where Quirke, a pathologist, also solves crimes--in this case, the murder (meant to look like suicide) of a prominent Dublin business man named Richard Jewell. As the case unravels, and Quirke himself gets a little too c...
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review 1: Oh dear. Oh my. Learn from my mistake. If you’re going to read this fourth Quirke book, read it yourself and run, very fast, from the audio version. I watched Gabriel Byrne as “Quirke” in the TV version. Lovely. Then I listened to the first three in the Quirke series on audiotap...
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review 1: Wonderfully atmospheric thriller set in Dublin of the 1950s. You can almost feel the damp from the mists, both literal and metaphorical, that give this book such an evocative feel. Black is so good at painting the picture of the 1950s - a lot of smoking goes on in this book. Ever...
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review 1: A really enjoyable series especially after a few books, we get to know the characters and their environment better. Quirke is the ideal anti-hero in a film noir world. He's like the Irish Wallander. The only thing I wish were different is that there are more clues that hint to th...