Elegy for April (Quirke Mysteries, 3) - Softcover

Black, Benjamin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330518054 ISBN 13: 9780330518055

Publisher: Mantle, 2010

Synopsis

1950’s Ireland. As a deep, bewildering fog cloaks Dublin, a young woman is found to have vanished.

When Phoebe Griffin, still haunted by the horrors of her past, is unable to discover news of her friend; Quirke, fresh from drying out in an institution, responds to his daughter’s request for help.

But as Phoebe, Quirke and Inspector Hackett speak with those who knew April, they begin to realise that there may have been more behind the young woman’s discretion and secrecy than they could have imagined. And while Quirke finds himself distracted from his sobriety by a beautiful young actress, Phoebe watches helplessly as April’s family hush up her disappearance, terrified of a scandal; and all possible leads seem to dry up, bar one she cannot bear to contemplate . . .

When Quirke eventually makes a disturbing discovery, he is finally able to begin unravelling the great, complex web of love, lies, jealousy and dark secrets that April spun her life from . . .

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Review

"Methodical, detailed, and always gripping." --"USA"" Today"

"Elegant...[Black/Banville's] sinuous prose, subtle eroticism, and 1950s period detail do more than enough to put [his] series on the map." --"The New York Times"

"In "Elegy for April," Black's nailed down the recipe, the style and pace, that allows him to craft a story of suspense while filling it with sharp-eyed, bigger-picture observations." --"Time Out" (Chicago)

"Mr. Black/Banville has raised the bar for the soul's-night genre....Cool, atmospheric...memorably etched." --"The Dallas Morning News"

"The writing has an elegance and nimbleness that surpass almost all other genre fiction....[He] evokes Dublin--which he knows inside out--with an almost bitter love, and his feeling for the city's class and religious divisions and its urgent, albeit repressed, sexual atmospheres helps his characters spring from the page." --"Los Angeles"" Times"

"Quirke, the haunted Dublin pathologist and haphazard sleuth, returns in the third novel in Black's superb series of sharply etched, nearly Jamesian mysteries....In Black's atmospheric and penetrating works of Irish noir, pain, prejudice, greed, and violence brew behind lace curtains." --"Booklist" (starred review)

Methodical, detailed, and always gripping. "USA Today"

Elegant...[Black/Banville's] sinuous prose, subtle eroticism, and 1950s period detail do more than enough to put [his] series on the map. "The New York Times"

In "Elegy for April," Black's nailed down the recipe, the style and pace, that allows him to craft a story of suspense while filling it with sharp-eyed, bigger-picture observations. "Time Out (Chicago)"

Mr. Black/Banville has raised the bar for the soul's-night genre....Cool, atmospheric memorably etched. "The Dallas Morning News"

The writing has an elegance and nimbleness that surpass almost all other genre fiction .[He] evokes Dublin--which he knows inside out--with an almost bitter love, and his feeling for the city's class and religious divisions and its urgent, albeit repressed, sexual atmospheres helps his characters spring from the page. "Los Angeles Times"

Quirke, the haunted Dublin pathologist and haphazard sleuth, returns in the third novel in Black's superb series of sharply etched, nearly Jamesian mysteries....In Black's atmospheric and penetrating works of Irish noir, pain, prejudice, greed, and violence brew behind lace curtains. "Booklist (starred review)""

Methodical, detailed, and always gripping. USA Today

Elegant...[Black/Banville's] sinuous prose, subtle eroticism, and 1950s period detail do more than enough to put [his] series on the map. The New York Times

In Elegy for April, Black's nailed down the recipe, the style and pace, that allows him to craft a story of suspense while filling it with sharp-eyed, bigger-picture observations. Time Out (Chicago)

Mr. Black/Banville has raised the bar for the soul's-night genre....Cool, atmospheric memorably etched. The Dallas Morning News

The writing has an elegance and nimbleness that surpass almost all other genre fiction .[He] evokes Dublin--which he knows inside out--with an almost bitter love, and his feeling for the city's class and religious divisions and its urgent, albeit repressed, sexual atmospheres helps his characters spring from the page. Los Angeles Times

Quirke, the haunted Dublin pathologist and haphazard sleuth, returns in the third novel in Black's superb series of sharply etched, nearly Jamesian mysteries....In Black's atmospheric and penetrating works of Irish noir, pain, prejudice, greed, and violence brew behind lace curtains. Booklist (starred review)

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"Methodical, detailed, and always gripping." --USA Today

"Elegant...[Black/Banville's] sinuous prose, subtle eroticism, and 1950s period detail do more than enough to put [his] series on the map." --The New York Times

"In Elegy for April, Black's nailed down the recipe, the style and pace, that allows him to craft a story of suspense while filling it with sharp-eyed, bigger-picture observations." --Time Out (Chicago)

"Mr. Black/Banville has raised the bar for the soul's-night genre....Cool, atmospheric...memorably etched." --The Dallas Morning News

"The writing has an elegance and nimbleness that surpass almost all other genre fiction....[He] evokes Dublin--which he knows inside out--with an almost bitter love, and his feeling for the city's class and religious divisions and its urgent, albeit repressed, sexual atmospheres helps his characters spring from the page." --Los Angeles Times

"Quirke, the haunted Dublin pathologist and haphazard sleuth, returns in the third novel in Black's superb series of sharply etched, nearly Jamesian mysteries....In Black's atmospheric and penetrating works of Irish noir, pain, prejudice, greed, and violence brew behind lace curtains." --Booklist (starred review)

Book Description

The new Quirke novel from John Banville, writing as Benjamin Black

About this edition

• Publisher: Mantle
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0330518054
• ISBN 13: 9780330518055
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320