{"product_id":"christine-falls-9781250417329","title":"Christine Falls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It was not the dead that seemed to Quirke uncanny but the living.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250417329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352","brand":"John Banville, Benjamin Black","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51258254983349,"sku":"9781250417329","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d524d7d2-cd07-41d1-8e29-50939b616d09.jpg?v=1750814578","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/christine-falls-9781250417329","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}