Adaptations Quirke (2014) | ||
Books Christine Falls, The Silver Swan, Elegy for April, A Death in Summer, Vengeance | ||
The Quirke series of crime novels, written by Irish novelist John Banville under the pen name Benjamin Black, centers on the titular character, a pathologist in 1950s Dublin. The series is published by Henry Holt & Co. in the U.S. The first novel, Christine Falls, was first released by Picador in the U.K. in 2006; it was published in the U.S. a year later.
Contents
Banville has stated that he drew from his experiences growing up in Dublin to inform the Quirke series:
Television adaptation
A three-part miniseries based on the novels stars Gabriel Byrne as Quirke. The series first aired on RTÉ One in Ireland in early 2014.
Books
- Christine Falls (2007)
- The Silver Swan (2008)
- Elegy for April (2010)
- A Death in Summer (2011)
- Vengeance (2012)
- Holy Orders (2013)
- Even the Dead (2016)
References
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