by Benjamin Black · Picador · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780230701342
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«The Silver Swan» is the crime novel by Benjamin Black published by Picador in paperback (288 pages, in English).
In 1950s Dublin, pathologist Quirke carries losses and distance from his daughter when a former classmate asks for his help after the apparent suicide of his wife. Quirke does not avoid the case and delves into a world of addiction, sexual obsession, blackmail and murder, where even Inspector Hackett offers no certainties.
Second novel in the Quirke series, written by Benjamin Black, pseudonym of John Banville, winner of the Man Booker Prize.
For adult readers of crime and mystery fiction, especially those who follow the Quirke series.
William John Banville is an Irish novelist, adapter of dramas, and screenwriter. A former member of Aosdána, he voluntarily relinquished the financial stipend in 2001 to another, more impoverished, writer.
