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Benjamin Black is really Booker Prize winner John Banville, and Christine Falls is his inaugural volume in a crime series starring Quirke, a lonely, hard-drinking Dublin pathologist. An orphan, Quirke was raised by a socially prominent Catholic judge, and his brother-in-law is Malachy Griffin, Dublin's most prominent obstetrician. Quirke is surprised and suspicious when he finds Mal in the morgue, late at night, writing a death certificate for one of Quirke's new arrivals, a young woman named Christine Falls. He performs an autopsy and learns that Mal's statements about the cause of death are patently false, prompting him to begin an investigation into what unfolds as a monstrous, transcontinental scandal orchestrated by pillars of Dublin's Catholic society. Christine Falls is deeply atmospheric. Clydesdales drag drays through the streets of 1950s Dublin, and the pubs are "fuggy with turf smoke." Nearly all the characters are painstakingly detailed and developed--even though they're likely to be morally mysterious. But readers' advisors should take note: crime-fiction fans who favor garden-variety mysteries may find this complex and deeply ruminative novel more than they bargained for. Thomas Gaughan
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"A page-turner told in prose so beautiful you'll want to read some passages repeatedly. Intricately plotted, beautifully written."--The Boston Globe
"Measured, taut, and transfixing . . . Benjamin Black's plotting is methodical, detailed, and always gripping. You can smell the smoke in Quirke's favorite pub and touch the cool walls in a Boston convent he later visits."--USA Today
"Swirling, elegant noir . . . Crossover fiction of a very high order . . . Rolls forward with haunting, sultry exoticism . . . toward the best kind of denouement under these circumstances: a half inconclusive one."--The New York Times
"Offers a subtler, deeper satisfaction than just finding out whodunit. . . . What's most disconcerting of all about Christine Falls is the atmosphere of moral claustrophobia enveloping it."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
"A dark, ambitious crime novel . . . It’s going to make more than a few readers flip the book over to look at the author photo to make sure Banville’s really pulling the strings."--Newsday
"Offers a subtler, deeper satisfaction than just finding out whodunit. . . . What's most disconcerting of all about Christine Falls is the atmosphere of moral claustrophobia enveloping it."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
"A dark, ambitious crime novel . . . It’s going to make more than a few readers flip the book over to look at the author photo to make sure Banville’s really pulling the strings."--Newsday
"Crime fiction rarely lives up to the term 'literary,' but [Christine Falls] is the happy exception."--Entertainment Weekly
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John Banville war bis zum Oktober 2005 nur einem kleinen Publikum bekannt. Seine kunstvollen Romane auf einem atemberaubenden sprachlichen Niveau hatten die Massen bis dato eher nicht interessiert. Erst als er 2005 für seinen Roman "The Sea" den Booker-Prize erhielt, stürmte Banville in die Bestseller-Listen. In seinem unter dem Pseudonym Benjamin Black veröffentlichtem Roman "Christine Falls" begibt sich der irische Autor nun erstmals in die Niederungen der Belletristik. Das hätte er mal lieber nicht getan.
Der Krimi spielt im Dublin der fünfziger Jahre. Der Pathologe Quirke überrascht seinen Schwiegerbruder Malachy Griffin, einen angesehen Arzt, wie er die Akte der jungen Toten Christine Falls fälscht. Quirke forscht nach und stößt in ein Wespennest, in dessen Zentrum die katholische Organisation "Knights of St. Patrick" steht. Doch erst eine Reise nach Amerika enthüllt das Ausmaß von deren Machenschaften.
Hauptproblem des Krimis ist, dass er einfach nicht spannend ist. Bereits nach den ersten Kapiteln weiß der Leser, wo der Hase langläuft und wird bis zum Ende auch nicht weiter überrascht. Das verwundert nicht, da Banvilles Stärke schon immer in der Zeichnung seiner Charaktere lag, aus dessen Genauigkeit und Präzision sich die Spannung seiner Romane ergab. Dies ist auch der Grund, warum "Christine Falls" noch drei Sterne verdient. Quirke, der verwitwete Trinker, der die Gesellschaft von Toten den Lebenden vorzieht, fasziniert durchaus: "It sometimes seemed to him that he favoured dead bodies over living ones. Yet, he harboured a sort of admiration for cadavers, these wax-skinned, soft, suddenly ceased machines [...] He suspected, too, that he was becoming more and more like them. He would stare at his hands and they would seem to have the same texture as, inert, malleable, porous, as the corpses that he worked on, as if something of their substance were seeping into him by slow but steady degrees" (63f.). Die Szenen, in denen Quirkes Vergangenheit beleuchtet wird, gehören zu den wenigen Stärken des Romans.
Man merkt ganz deutlich, dass sich der Autor auf fremden Terrain bewegt. Banville versucht allein durch die Charaktere Spannung zu erzeugen. Dies gelingt ihm in seinen vorhergehenden Romanen vorzüglich. Doch bei einem Krimi ist das zu wenig. Wer lesen will, was Banville wirklich drauf hat, dem sei "The Sea" empfohlen.
Der Krimi spielt im Dublin der fünfziger Jahre. Der Pathologe Quirke überrascht seinen Schwiegerbruder Malachy Griffin, einen angesehen Arzt, wie er die Akte der jungen Toten Christine Falls fälscht. Quirke forscht nach und stößt in ein Wespennest, in dessen Zentrum die katholische Organisation "Knights of St. Patrick" steht. Doch erst eine Reise nach Amerika enthüllt das Ausmaß von deren Machenschaften.
Hauptproblem des Krimis ist, dass er einfach nicht spannend ist. Bereits nach den ersten Kapiteln weiß der Leser, wo der Hase langläuft und wird bis zum Ende auch nicht weiter überrascht. Das verwundert nicht, da Banvilles Stärke schon immer in der Zeichnung seiner Charaktere lag, aus dessen Genauigkeit und Präzision sich die Spannung seiner Romane ergab. Dies ist auch der Grund, warum "Christine Falls" noch drei Sterne verdient. Quirke, der verwitwete Trinker, der die Gesellschaft von Toten den Lebenden vorzieht, fasziniert durchaus: "It sometimes seemed to him that he favoured dead bodies over living ones. Yet, he harboured a sort of admiration for cadavers, these wax-skinned, soft, suddenly ceased machines [...] He suspected, too, that he was becoming more and more like them. He would stare at his hands and they would seem to have the same texture as, inert, malleable, porous, as the corpses that he worked on, as if something of their substance were seeping into him by slow but steady degrees" (63f.). Die Szenen, in denen Quirkes Vergangenheit beleuchtet wird, gehören zu den wenigen Stärken des Romans.
Man merkt ganz deutlich, dass sich der Autor auf fremden Terrain bewegt. Banville versucht allein durch die Charaktere Spannung zu erzeugen. Dies gelingt ihm in seinen vorhergehenden Romanen vorzüglich. Doch bei einem Krimi ist das zu wenig. Wer lesen will, was Banville wirklich drauf hat, dem sei "The Sea" empfohlen.
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If you are not already a fan of John Banville but like suspense stories, you will probably grade this book as a two. Why? The "mystery" is heavily contrived by holding back details that the main characters know from the beginning. That method of story telling is a John Banville specialty that makes his "serious" novels smack you with epiphanies after you are lulled into complacency by "predictable" seeming plots and his lovely prose into assuming that more is well than is.
Having a narrator who is usually drunk makes for interesting fiction, if the complication doesn't drive you away from the story. Clearly, that's a "serious" book ploy.
Quirke is a pathologist. Malachy (Mal) Griffin is an OB/GYN. They work in the same hospital. In the rest of their lives, they are rivals for the approval of Mal's father, Judge Griffin, and were rivals for the love of Quirke's life, Sarah, who married Mal. The two are brothers-in-law due to Quirke having married Sarah's sister, Delia.
Into that conflicted background, Quirke staggers down towards his office after overindulging at a staff party and finds Mal sitting at his desk writing in a patient record. The patient's name? Christine Falls. Her young body lies on a near-by gurney that Quirke accidentally undrapes.
Soon, Quirke doesn't even remember the incident until he is reminded. But he cannot get the image off his mind and starts to probe into what happened to her. Strong forces strike back to limit his progress.
If you stick it out, you'll be rewarded by appreciating some remarkable causes and effects that trace back over several decades . . . and make you realize that everything we do counts. A good analogy for this story is the effect of dropping a huge stone into a small pond -- the ripples will radiate out to the bank and back creating considerable turbulence for some time.
The book is skeptical about the sanctity of the Catholic establishment in Dublin and in Boston. Some may be offended by the turns that the story takes in that direction.
Having a narrator who is usually drunk makes for interesting fiction, if the complication doesn't drive you away from the story. Clearly, that's a "serious" book ploy.
Quirke is a pathologist. Malachy (Mal) Griffin is an OB/GYN. They work in the same hospital. In the rest of their lives, they are rivals for the approval of Mal's father, Judge Griffin, and were rivals for the love of Quirke's life, Sarah, who married Mal. The two are brothers-in-law due to Quirke having married Sarah's sister, Delia.
Into that conflicted background, Quirke staggers down towards his office after overindulging at a staff party and finds Mal sitting at his desk writing in a patient record. The patient's name? Christine Falls. Her young body lies on a near-by gurney that Quirke accidentally undrapes.
Soon, Quirke doesn't even remember the incident until he is reminded. But he cannot get the image off his mind and starts to probe into what happened to her. Strong forces strike back to limit his progress.
If you stick it out, you'll be rewarded by appreciating some remarkable causes and effects that trace back over several decades . . . and make you realize that everything we do counts. A good analogy for this story is the effect of dropping a huge stone into a small pond -- the ripples will radiate out to the bank and back creating considerable turbulence for some time.
The book is skeptical about the sanctity of the Catholic establishment in Dublin and in Boston. Some may be offended by the turns that the story takes in that direction.
1 von 1 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Format:Taschenbuch
If you are not already a fan of John Banville but like suspense stories, you will probably grade this book as a two. Why? The "mystery" is heavily contrived by holding back details that the main characters know from the beginning. That method of story telling is a John Banville specialty that makes his "serious" novels smack you with epiphanies after you are lulled into complacency by "predictable" seeming plots and his lovely prose into assuming that more is well than is.
Having a narrator who is usually drunk makes for interesting fiction, if the complication doesn't drive you away from the story. Clearly, that's a "serious" book ploy.
Quirke is a pathologist. Malachy (Mal) Griffin is an OB/GYN. They work in the same hospital. In the rest of their lives, they are rivals for the approval of Mal's father, Judge Griffin, and were rivals for the love of Quirke's life, Sarah, who married Mal. The two are brothers-in-law due to Quirke having married Sarah's sister, Delia.
Into that conflicted background, Quirke staggers down towards his office after overindulging at a staff party and finds Mal sitting at his desk writing in a patient record. The patient's name? Christine Falls. Her young body lies on a near-by gurney that Quirke accidentally undrapes.
Soon, Quirke doesn't even remember the incident until he is reminded. But he cannot get the image off his mind and starts to probe into what happened to her. Strong forces strike back to limit his progress.
If you stick it out, you'll be rewarded by appreciating some remarkable causes and effects that trace back over several decades . . . and make you realize that everything we do counts. A good analogy for this story is the effect of dropping a huge stone into a small pond -- the ripples will radiate out to the bank and back creating considerable turbulence for some time.
The book is skeptical about the sanctity of the Catholic establishment in Dublin and in Boston. Some may be offended by the turns that the story takes in that direction.
Having a narrator who is usually drunk makes for interesting fiction, if the complication doesn't drive you away from the story. Clearly, that's a "serious" book ploy.
Quirke is a pathologist. Malachy (Mal) Griffin is an OB/GYN. They work in the same hospital. In the rest of their lives, they are rivals for the approval of Mal's father, Judge Griffin, and were rivals for the love of Quirke's life, Sarah, who married Mal. The two are brothers-in-law due to Quirke having married Sarah's sister, Delia.
Into that conflicted background, Quirke staggers down towards his office after overindulging at a staff party and finds Mal sitting at his desk writing in a patient record. The patient's name? Christine Falls. Her young body lies on a near-by gurney that Quirke accidentally undrapes.
Soon, Quirke doesn't even remember the incident until he is reminded. But he cannot get the image off his mind and starts to probe into what happened to her. Strong forces strike back to limit his progress.
If you stick it out, you'll be rewarded by appreciating some remarkable causes and effects that trace back over several decades . . . and make you realize that everything we do counts. A good analogy for this story is the effect of dropping a huge stone into a small pond -- the ripples will radiate out to the bank and back creating considerable turbulence for some time.
The book is skeptical about the sanctity of the Catholic establishment in Dublin and in Boston. Some may be offended by the turns that the story takes in that direction.
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Ellipitical Tale of a Drunk and His Guilt
If you are not already a fan of John Banville but like suspense stories, you will probably grade this book as a two. Why? Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 29. Februar 2008 von Donald Mitchell
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Mein Vorschreiber hat ja schon viel über Autor und Werk mitgeteilt. "Christine Falls", selten doofer Name für ein tolles Buch, ich weiß. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 17. April 2007 von Kirsten Van Der Neut
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