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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... read more

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She was glad it was the evening mailboat she was taking, for she did not think she could have faced a morning departure.

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This is book 1 of 3 in Quirke. (standard series)

Followed by The Silver Swan.

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  1. Benjamin Black (Author) - Benjamin Black is a pseudonym for the Booker Prize winning author John Banville

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  1. John Banville (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 6, 2007
ISBN: 978-0805081527
Page Count: 352

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