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The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black

suite101.com
Apr 27, 2008
        

Quirke is back and involved in a dark murder that again involves those closest to him, maybe even his own daughter. ... Quirke, the cynical, formerly hard-drinking Irish pathologist is back and still haunted by the demons of the adventures outlined in Christine Falls,...

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The Books: "The Things They Carried' (Tim O'Brien)

sheilaomalley.com
Apr 24, 2008
        

Next book on my adult fiction bookshelves: The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien. Fiction? Journalism? Reportage? Memoir? Do we really care? I know I don't. But lots of people seem to reallllllly care about those labels. As we have... ... Next book on my adult fiction...

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The Sea, by John Banville

sheilaomalley.com
Apr 7, 2008
        

It was difficult to decide what to read after the sweeping majesty and horror of Blood Meridian: - but I decided to pick up The Sea, by the great John Banville. It won the Booker, causing much brou-haha in... ... It was difficult to decide what to read after the sweeping...

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'Silver Swan' Marks a Switch to Mystery for Banville

npr.org
Apr 7, 2008
        

Award-winning Irish novelist John Banville has written 14 novels. He has been called "one of the finest living writers of English-language prose." But he recently has been writing mysteries under another name -- Benjamin Black. His new noir novel is called The Silver Swan.

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RTÉ profiles Father Ted co-creator

rte.ie
Apr 4, 2008 1 related
        

RTÉ Television has announced details of the new series of the acclaimed 'Arts Lives', which begins in January. ... The new series begins on RTÉ One on Tuesday 8 January with a profile of comedy writer, director and 'Father Ted' co-creator Graham Linehan. Among the other...

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The writing of "Blood Meridian":

sheilaomalley.com
Apr 2, 2008 1 related
        

It speaks for itself. But Jesusmaryandjoseph, I don't even know how to process it. It comes so quickly at you, the reader ... and you have to either put the book down and just think HARD about it (which I... ... It speaks for itself. The prose reflects the disorienting...

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John Banville/Benjamin Black

sheilaomalley.com
Apr 2, 2008
        

An absolutely wonderful interview with Irish author John Banville in The Village Voice. I love his humor, and I have always loved his ego. It's towering, and it makes no friends. But then he always ends up by saying something... ... An absolutely wonderful interview with...

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'The Silver Swan' is a gracefully literate murder mystery

csmonitor.com
Mar 27, 2008
        

Benjamin Black (aka John Banville) returns to 1950s Dublin where pathologist Garret Quirke has another body on his hands. ... By Erik Spanberg from the March 28, 2008 edition 'The Silver Swan," a second Irish potboiler starring Dublin pathologist Garret Quirke, is...

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Some midweek links o' letters

es.wordpress.com
Mar 26, 2008
        

Usually I wait until the weekend to plumb the Web for literary links, but I couldn’t wait to post these ... Usually I wait until the weekend to plumb the Web for literary links, but I couldn't wait to post these (perhaps as a way of fast-forwarding over the hump day?): Q...

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The Strangers in the House by Georges Simenon

complete-review.com
Mar 25, 2008
        

A review of The Strangers in the House by Georges Simenon at the Complete Review ... dans la maison (1992), directed by Georges Lautner and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo as Loursat - "One of the finest pieces of fiction I have read this year is George Simenon's Strangers in...

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