The Silver Swan [Hardcover]

Benjamin Black (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Picador (November 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 033045403X
• ISBN-13: 978-0330454032
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,056,307 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More 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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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, April 23, 2011

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This review is from: The Silver Swan (Quirke 2) (Kindle Edition)

The story is simple - The body of Deirdre Hunt (aka Laura Swan) body is found, apparently drowned, at Sandycove, and her husband asks Quirke, the pathologist at the Mercy Hospital, to cover up - and make the death appear an accident rather than suicide. Quirke complies, but being the nosy type , he investigates, and uncovers a lot more. There is the mysterious Sufi "healer" - Dr Kreutz - she was seeing, and the playboy Leslie White.
Apart from following Quirke's thought processes, the outstanding quality of this novel lies in the precision of its description: "A gust of wind shook the trees, scattering a handful of diamond drops." Loved it.