Elegy for April by Benjamin Black

Elegy for April by Benjamin Black

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Elegy for April by Benjamin Black

The New York Times Bestselling Author of Christine Falls

April Latimer, a junior doctor at a local hospital, is something of a scandal in the conservative and highly patriarchal society of 1950s Dublin. She's known for being independent, and her taste in men is decidedly unconventional. Now April has vanished, and her friend Phoebe Griffin suspects the worst. Phoebe seeks out Quirke, her brilliant but erratic father, and asks him for help. Sober again after intensive treatment for alcoholism, Quirke follows April's trail through some of the darker byways of the city, and finds himself deeply involved in April's murky story, facing ugly truths about family savagery, Catholic ruthlessness, and race hatred. Both an absorbing crime novel and a brilliant portrait of a father and his daughter, this is Benjamin Black at his sparkling best.

John Banville, the Man Booker Prize-winning novelist, uses the pen name Benjamin Black. He lives in Dublin and is the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed Quirke novels: Christine Falls, The Silver Swan, Elegy for April, and A Death in Summer.

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ISBN 13 9780805090918
ISBN 10 0805090916
Title Elegy for April
Author Benjamin Black
Series Quirke Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Henry Holt & Company
Year published 2010-04-13
Number of pages 293
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.