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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )The Silver Swan: A Novelby: Benjamin Black  List Price: $34.95 Amazon.com's Price: $22.37 You Save: $12.58 (36%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Audio CDDewey Decimal Number: 823.914 EAN: 9781427202895 Edition: Unabridged Format: Audiobook, CD ISBN: 1427202893 Label: Macmillan Audio Manufacturer: Macmillan Audio Number Of Items: 7 Publication Date: March 04, 2008 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Release Date: March 04, 2008 Studio: Macmillan Audio Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Two years have passed since the events of the bestselling Christine Falls, and much has changed for Quirke, the irascible, formerly hard-drinking Dublin pathologist. His beloved Sarah is dead, the Judge lies in a convent hospital paralyzed by a devastating stroke, and Phoebe, Quirke’s long-denied daughter, has grown increasingly withdrawn and isolated. With much to regret from his last inquisitive foray, Quirke ought to know better than to let his curiosity get the best of him. Yet when an almost-forgotten acquaintance comes to him about his beautiful young wife’s apparent suicide, Quirke’s “old itch to cut into the quick of things, to delve into the dark of what was hidden” is roused again. As he begins to probe further into the shadowy circumstances of Deirdre Hunt’s death, he discovers many things that might better have remained hidden, as well as grave danger to those he loves. Haunting, masterfully written, and utterly mesmerizing in its nuance, The Silver Swan fully lives up to the promise of Christine Falls and firmly establishes Benjamin Black (a.k.a. John Banville) among the greatest of crime writers. Average Rating:
 Rating: - A little offAs other reviewers have noted, this is the second in a sequence featuring Quirke, a medical examiner/drinker/father etc. To fit the book into the proper context, it is important to note that this is not the style of book nor does it have the beauty of the author's more high brow offerings. If that is where you are coming from, you will be disappointed. On the other hand, if you find Robert Crais, Michael Connelly and Lee Child and the like good reads but not all that satisfying, this will leave you ... Read More Rating:  - Review of the Silver Swan by Benjamin BlackThoroughly enjoyed this murder mystery and I'm not necessarily a person who likes these kinds of books. I believe the difference was the fact that Timothy Dalton narrated it. He sort of took on some of the characters inflections and made them real for you. Also enjoyed Christine Falls very much. Could not stop listening. Heard this book in about two days. Hope Timothy Dalton narrates more stories. Rating: - Dark and Brooding with a Soul that is All too RealDublin Pathologist Garret Quirke is back in a book that is even darker than Christine Falls as if that could be possible. Quirke is no longer drinking, but he's still as moody, broody and, well, as quirky as ever and we now know his niece is really his daughter, if you haven't read Christine Falls, please stop right here, go out and get it, you won't be disappointed as it's a thoroughly enjoyable read. You can read this book as a stand alone if you want and enough is explained so you won't feel like ... Read More Rating: - Second noir tale establishes Dublin protagonistA sequel to Black's first Quirke novel, this second Dublin 1950s noir tale takes place two years later. And if you start with this one, a certain amount of confusion is inevitable. The repercussions from "Christine Falls" still echo through the lives of Quirke and his family, their relations (and circumstances, for some) forever changed. This is more of a continuing series than most and readers should begin with "Christine Falls." That said, Quirke has given up alcohol. It's been six months ... Read More Rating: - "The world has fallen asunder": a city of paralysisMany readers appear to be disappointed by this follow-up, but I liked it much better. The only drawback here is the reliance on coincidence, but this in Dublin where everyone knows everyone's business may be less of a fault than I found the set-up for Quirke's début. Here's why. I reviewed recently the first installment of John Banville's sideline from his more philosophical novels. Quirke returns as an driven, yet awkward, amateur investigator into another series of murders in middle-class ... Read More 
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