B.W. Black is the pseudonym of acclaimed novelist John Banville. For his fiction he has won the Man Booker Prize, the Irish PEN Award and the Franz Kafka Prize. His series of crime novels - published under the name of Benjamin Black - have received widespread critical acclaim and in 2014 were adapted into a major BBC TV series. He lives in Dublin.
This is one thriller to read and savor * Washington Post on Christine Falls * A master of high-class crime fiction, literary noir in the tradition of Georges Simenon and Raymond Chandler * Guardian on Quirke series * Brilliantly entertaining * Irish Times * Elegant and witty. Fans of The Crown will enjoy this playful novel * Times *