![]() ![]() toward the best kind of denouement under these circumstances: a half inconclusive one., Crime fiction rarely lives up to the term 'literary,' but is the happy exception., A dark, ambitious crime novel. Rolls forward with haunting, sultry exoticism. It's going to make more than a few readers flip the book over to look at the author photo to make sure Banville's really pulling the strings."- Newsday "Crime fiction rarely lives up to the term 'literary,' but is the happy exception."- Entertainment Weekly, Swirling, elegant noir. What's most disconcerting of all about Christine Falls is the atmosphere of moral claustrophobia enveloping it."- The Philadelphia Inquirer "A dark, ambitious crime novel. toward the best kind of denouement under these circumstances: a half inconclusive one."- The New York Times "Offers a subtler, deeper satisfaction than just finding out whodunit. ![]() You can smell the smoke in Quirke's favorite pub and touch the cool walls in a Boston convent he later visits."- USA Today "Swirling, elegant noir. Benjamin Black's plotting is methodical, detailed, and always gripping. ![]() Intricately plotted, beautifully written."- The Boston Globe "Measured, taut, and transfixing. ![]() "A page-turner told in prose so beautiful you'll want to read some passages repeatedly. ![]()
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