內容簡介
四月哀歌This is the new Quirke novel from John Banville, writing as Benjamin Black. It's 1950's Ireland. As a deep, bewildering fog cloaks Dublin, a young woman is found to have Vanished. When Phoebe Griffin, still haunted by the horrors of her past, is unable to discover news of her friend; Quirke, fresh from drying out in an institution, responds to his daughter's request for help. But as Phoebe, Quirke and Inspector Hackett speak with those who knew April, they begin to realise that there may have been more behind the young woman's discretion and secrecy than they could have imagined. And while Quirke finds himself distracted from his sobriety by a beautiful young actress, Phoebe watches helplessly as April's family hush up her disappearance, terrified of a scandal; and all possible leads seem to dry up, bar one she cannot bear to contemplate...When Quirke eventually makes a disturbing discovery, he is finally able to begin unravelling the great, complex web of love, lies, jealousy and dark secrets that April spun her life from...
中文簡介
這是一個新的夸克約翰Banville小說,寫作為便雅憫黑色。這是1950年的愛爾蘭。作為一個深邃,讓人眼花繚亂的都柏林霧斗篷,一位年輕的婦女被發現已經消失無蹤了。當菲比格里芬,仍舊縈繞在恐怖的她的過去時,無法發現她的朋友的訊息,夸克,剛從乾燥在一個機構,對他女兒的請求援助。但作為菲比,夸克和督導哈克特說那些知道4月,他們開始意識到也許曾經有過更後面的年輕女人的決定權,比他們想像保密。同時從他發現自己分心夸克清醒美麗年輕的女演員,菲比無能的家庭手錶四月掩蓋她失蹤,生怕一個醜聞,和所有可能的領導似乎乾涸,酒吧一個她不忍心思考…當最終使一個令人不安的發現夸克,他終於可以開始瓦解的大,複雜網路的愛,謊言,嫉妒和黑暗的秘密,她的生活從4月紡…
作者簡介
Benjamin Black is the pen name of acclaimed author John Banville, who was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. His novels have won numerous awards, including the Man Booker Prize in 2005 for The Sea. He lives in Dublin.
黑色是筆名便雅憫的Banville廣受讚譽的作者約翰出生在Wexford,愛爾蘭,在1945年。他的小說已經贏得了無數的獎項,包括人“布克獎”在2005年海洋。他住在都柏林。
