{"product_id":"christine-falls-john-banville-paperback","title":"Christine Falls -- John Banville, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of Stephen King's Best Books of the 21st Century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e\"It was not the dead that seemed to Quirke uncanny but the living.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQuirke is a haunted, hard-drinking pathologist stumbling through the brooding gloom of 1950s Dublin. It is a society of secrets and meanness, dominated by a rigid hierarchy--as Quirke is reminded of when he catches his well-connected brother-in-law faking morgue records. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe cause of this tampering is the corpse of a mysterious woman: Christine Falls. But who is she, and how did she die? Quirke's hunt for the answers to these questions will draw him into a transatlantic conspiracy and pit him against some of Dublin's most powerful forces, from the Catholic Church to members of his own family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published under the pseudonym Benjamin Black, John Banville's debut thriller reveals a new side of \"Ireland's greatest living novelist\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e John Banville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Holt Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.18\" H x 5.35\" L x 0.95\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781250417329\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50585702793520,"sku":"9781250417329","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781250417329_4ae70a66-c036-4c5d-8047-b648ff99000f.jpg?v=1775192047","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/christine-falls-john-banville-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}