Vengeance (Signed First Edition)

Benjamin Black (aka John Banville)

ISBN 10: 0805094393 / ISBN 13: 9780805094398

Edité par Henry Holt (New York), 2012

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First printing. A pristine unread copy. Signed by John Banville on title page as BENJAMIN BLACK. His name only, no inscriptions. The fifth novel is the Quirke series. N° de réf. du vendeur ds7

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Vengeance (Signed First Edition)

Éditeur : Henry Holt (New York)

Date d'édition : 2012

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : New

Etat de la jaquette : New

Signé : Signed by Author(s)

Edition : 1st Edition

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Synopsis :

Book by Black Benjamin

Revue de presse:

‘A beautifully written and a scrupulously characterized portrait of mid-twentieth- century Dublin’ Literary Review

‘As with the previous books, this one is replete with all the period detail and atmospherics one could hope for in a thriller. Black is a master of presentation. The nudges and the winks, the red herrings and the wool-pullings are all consummately done. The gears of the plot mesh silently and inexorably and the whole machine moves forward to its disastrous outcome. On the way to its terminus, the book becomes more and more Banvillean and it is all the better for that . . . But Black's and Quirke's Dublin remains the gritty and deplorable place it has always been and Vengeance is a memorable and compelling snapshot’ Independent Ireland

'Engaging . . . The liquid precision of the writing presents convincing characters. It renders the drama of their lives as strangely matter-of-fact while fully illuminating the forces at work. We are deftly led through a complex entanglement of charged but often spent relationships. There is a blunt empathy with the principal characters that is curiously affecting. Effortlessly, it would seem, and never wanting, Banville’s description of the physical world is superb. Vengeance is the fifth novel in the Quirke Dublin series by John Banville, writing under the pen name Benjamin Black. It is a pleasure to read’ --Irish Times

"Not a criminal procedure novel, it is more an autopsy of humanity." --Lady

"This is the fifth in John Banville s magically evocative and dark mystery series set in Fifties Dublin and it s the best yet" --Daily Mail

"The Benjamin Black novels don t play up to all the clichés of crime drama, and therein lies their enjoyment" --
--Guardian