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Drowned : a novel / John Banville.

By: Publication details: Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, 2024.Description: 328p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781335000590 (hardcover)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
Summary: 1950s, rural Ireland. A loner comes across a mysteriously empty car in a field. Knowing he shouldn't approach but unable to hold back, he soon finds himself embroiled in a troubling missing person case, as a husband claims his wife may have thrown herself into the sea. Called in from Dublin to investigate is Detective Inspector Strafford, who soon turns to his old ally--the flawed but brilliant pathologist Quirke--a man he is linked to in increasingly complicated ways. But as the case unfolds, events from the past resurface that may have life-altering ramifications for all involved.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Fiction Hanover Public Library Shelves Fiction FIC BANV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 11/15/2024 31906001287953

1950s, rural Ireland. A loner comes across a mysteriously empty car in a field. Knowing he shouldn't approach but unable to hold back, he soon finds himself embroiled in a troubling missing person case, as a husband claims his wife may have thrown herself into the sea. Called in from Dublin to investigate is Detective Inspector Strafford, who soon turns to his old ally--the flawed but brilliant pathologist Quirke--a man he is linked to in increasingly complicated ways. But as the case unfolds, events from the past resurface that may have life-altering ramifications for all involved.

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