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Elegy for April

by Benjamin Black

ISBN13: 9780312680732
ISBN10: 0312680732
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The New York Times Bestselling Author of Christine Falls

April Latimer, a junior doctor at a local hospital, is something of a scandal in the conservative and highly patriarchal society of 1950s Dublin. Shes known for being independent, and her taste in men is decidedly unconventional. Now April has vanished, and her friend Phoebe Griffin suspects the worst. Phoebe seeks out Quirke, her brilliant but erratic father, and asks him for help. Sober again after intensive treatment for alcoholism, Quirke follows Aprils trail through some of the darker byways of the city, and finds himself deeply involved in Aprils murky story, facing ugly truths about family savagery, Catholic ruthlessness, and race hatred. Both an absorbing crime novel and a brilliant portrait of a father and his daughter, this is Benjamin Black at his sparkling best.

About the Author

Benjamin Black, the pen name of acclaimed novelist John Banville, is the author of Christine Falls and The Silver Swan. Christine Falls was nominated for both the Edgar Award and Macavity Award for Best Novel; both Christine Falls and Silver Swan were national bestsellers. Banville lives in Dublin.

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: W S Krauss, February 25, 2013 (view all comments by W S Krauss)
Benjamin Black's (AKA John Banville) third book in the Quirke series finds Quirke just out of rehab for alcoholism. His daughter Pheobe comes to him concerned that she has not seen or heard from her friend April, whom she is fairly close to and speaks to daily. The story unfolds slowly as we learn more about Quirke, Pheobe and her friends. The suspense builds as Quirke and Hackett confront April's family, who don't seem to care what has happened to her, and that they have disowned for her wild lifestyle. Black describes 1950's Dublin as a city of beauty and atmosphere, but also prejudice, class and religious divides and conservative social mores. You will want to keep reading late into the night to find out how this one ends.
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: W S Krauss, February 25, 2013 (view all comments by W S Krauss)
Benjamin Black's (AKA John Banville) third book in the Quirke series finds Quirke just out of rehab for alcoholism. His daughter Pheobe comes to him concerned that she has not seen or heard from her friend April, whom she is fairly close to and speaks to daily. The story unfolds slowly as we learn more about Quirke, Pheobe and her friends. The suspense builds as Quirke and Hackett confront April's family, who don't seem to care what has happened to her, and that they have disowned for her wild lifestyle. Black describes 1950's Dublin as a city of beauty and atmosphere, but also prejudice, class and religious divides and conservative social mores. You will want to keep reading late into the night to find out how this one ends.
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: Steven Hicks, January 19, 2012 (view all comments by Steven Hicks)
The third in the Quirke series by Benjamin Black - John Banville - is a brilliant, readable and literate mystery. Black/Banville explores church and family and tells a compelling story along the way while keeping us turning the pages as though it were a standard mystery. This has become my favorite mystery series and was my introduction to the writing of John Banville.
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ISBN:: 9780312680732
Author:: Black, Benjamin
Publisher:: Picador USA
Subject:: Mystery & Detective - General
Subject:: Mystery-A to Z
Subject:: Literary
Subject:: Mystery & Detective - Historical
Edition Description:: Trade Paperback
Series Volume:: No. 3
Publication Date:: 20110331
Binding:: TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:: General/trade
Language:: English
Pages:: 304
Dimensions:: 8.25 x 5.50 in

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