Christine Falls
副标题: A Novel
ISBN: 9780312426323
出版社: Picador
出版年: 2008-1-22
页数: 369
定价: 98.00元
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
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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.
作者简介
本杰明?布莱克(Benjamin Black)是著名作家约翰?班维尔(John Banville)的笔名。班维尔1945年出生于爱尔兰,现居都柏林。班维尔是一位敏锐的评论家,更是一名出色的小说家。2005年,凭《海》获得当代英国小说界最重要的奖项——布克奖(Booker Prize);随后,应《纽约时报》之邀,班维尔化身本杰明?布莱克创作“犯罪侦探小说”《堕落的信徒》等,成为当代备受瞩目的犯罪小说作家之一。