Christine Falls a novel
Benjamin Black.
- 1st U.S. Picador ed.
- New York : Picador, 2008, c2006.
- 369 p. ; 21 cm.
- Quirke Book 1 .
Includes "Discussion questions for Christine Falls" (p. [343-347]) and excerpts from a forthcoming novel (p. [349]-369). "First published in the United States by Henry Holt and Company." -- T.p. verso.
The hero of Christine Falls, Quirke, is a surly pathologist living in 1950s Dublin. One night, after having a few drinks at a party, he returns to the morgue to find his brother-in-law tampering with the records on a young woman's corpse. The next morning, when his hangover has worn off, Quirke reluctantly begins looking into the woman's history. He discovers a plot that spans two continents, implicates the Catholic Church, and may just involve members of his own family. He is warned--first subtly, then with violence--to lay off, but Quirke is a stubborn man.