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... pathologist in the 1950's. So far alot of well-written atmosphere, not a lot of action - much like the first book, Christine Falls

Welcome Carol! I just read Christine Falls by Benjamin Black; I bought while visiting Ireland a couple of weeks ago and liked it a lot - passed it on to my man, who is also enjoying it. I intend on reading The Black Swan when I have cleared the deck of a lot of my own books - that might ...

The Silver Swan is Black/Banville's sequel to Christine Falls. I thought it was good, but perhaps not quite as good as the first. Worth a look, for sure.

... literary writer but he is extremely readable and the story is well plotted and the characters are well drawn. (95) Christine Falls by John Banville under his pen name of Benjamin Black. This book has been highly recommended here on LibraryThing so when I saw it in a Dublin ...

... ter?) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson I finally can join the legion of fans, or at least I hope so! Christine Fallsby Benjamin Black Another Irish crime novelist, I'm there! Mean Streets by Jim Butcher There are 4 novellas here by 4 current mystery writers, ...

Ok, for those who were curious: at the library sale in Saranac Lake, NY, I found these books that were on my wishlist: Christine Falls, Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans, Battle Cry of Freedom, Cape May Court House, and Black for Remembrance. I also got Onion Joh ...

... already! Read so far in 2009: 1. In The Woods by Tana French 2. The Poet by Michael Connelly 3. Christine Falls by Benjamin Black 4. Run by Ann Patchett 5. Beach House by James Patterson 6. Obedience by Will Lavender 7. Down River by John Hart *2 ...

... Read so far in 2009... 1. In The Woods Tana French - 464 pages 2. The Poet Michael Connelly - 608 pages 3. Christine Falls Benjamin Black - 384 pages 4. Run Ann Patchett - 320 pages 5. Beach House James Patterson - 384 pages 6. Obedience Will Lavender - 304 pages ...

... so far in 2009... 1. In The Woods - Tana French - 464 pages 2. The Poet - Michael Connelly - 608 pages 3. Christine Falls - Benjamin Black - 384 pages 4. Run - Ann Patchett - 320 pages 5. Beach House - James Patterson - 384 pages 6. Obedience - Will Lavender - 304 ...

I should be wrapping up Christine Falls sometime this week and starting Confessions of an English Opium Eater.

... finished Catch-22 yesterday. I loved it. The absurdity of the whole book had a very Gonzo vibe to it. I started Christine Falls yesterday.

>71 & >72 Christine Falls is a great book - highly recommended. I went to hear Banville (as Black) at the London Review Bookshop last October, reading from The Lemur; he had lots of interesting things to say about the different styles of writing as Banville and as Black, and how they informed ...

... than TEoftheA. Have you read John Banville's books under his other name - Benjamin Black? If I ever find a copy of Christine Falls I will definitely read it.

I have decided to chuck the 'must-read' list. I am not getting them read and have decided a list approach is just not for me. I will eventually get to them, but probably not all this year. ladywithabook in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : ladywithabook's 2009 reads (Jun 14, 2009, 8:01pm)

... to Zelda by Marlene Wagman-Geller 38. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jimenez 39. Christine Falls by Benjamin Black 40. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan 41. Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples 42. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabe ...

... Extremely Happy in Your Company Shadow of the Silk Road Galileo’s Daughter The Namesake My Faraway Home Christine Falls Intimate Kill Job, a Comedy of Justice Keeper of the Light Cultural Literacy Snow Flower and the Secret Fan A Separate Peace Cryptonomic ...

Picked up Christine Falls for $5 yesterday.

... Benjamin Black, has now written two mysteries set in mid-century Dublin, with the protagonist a widowed pathologist. Christine Falls was excellent and I was pleased to get The Silver Swan as my ER book this time. If anything, The Silver Swan is even better than Christine Falls. I very ...

... Benjamin Black, has now written two mysteries set in mid-century Dublin, with the protagonist a widowed pathologist. Christine Falls was excellent and I was pleased to get The Silver Swan as my ER book this time. If anything, The Silver Swan is even better than Christine Falls. I ...

April so far Christine Falls 4* The Patient in Room 18 1929 3* The Spare Room 4.5* Proust and the Squid 4.5* The Roman Hat Mystery 1929 3* Oranges are Not the Only Fruit 4* The Frightened Wife 3.5* More details on my 999 Ch ...

Christine Falls by Benjamin Black aka John Banville Set in fifties Ireland and Boston in a miasma of religious hypocrisy and corruption. The pathologist, Quirke, tries to find out how the young woman, Christine Falls, ended up in the mortuary and why his brother-in-law, an ...

... 15: The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie. No good. Don't waste time on it. A confused, drivelly bit of writing. No. 16: Christine Falls by John Banville writing as Benjamin Black (his supersecret not-at-all-a-secret commercial-fiction pen-name). Pretty okay. Good, noncliche ...

... Extremely Happy in Your Company Shadow of the Silk Road Galileo’s Daughter The Namesake My Faraway Home Christine Falls Intimate Kill Job, a Comedy of Justice Keeper of the Light Cultural Literacy Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Speak, Memory ...

... it off and on since February. The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black -- the sequel to the excellent and equally gloomy Christine Falls. Fall on Your Knees by Anne-Marie MacDonald The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig -- because the most cheerful of the ...

I finished Christine Falls feeling a bit bereft and unwilling to read anything else of substance, so have picked up Bookends by Jane Green. It's a fit-for-purpose escapist read. I can't help notice that the language is much less inspired -- she describes a subway compartment on a rainy day ...

... dresses for Barbie dolls or carving Star Trek themed nativity sets I'd have a thriving home business! I pulled out Christine Falls by Benjamin Black from somewhere deep in my TBR pile after it was mentioned somewhere in this forum. After Reading Like a Writer I really wanted ...

I've just started Christine Falls and am enjoying it enormously. I love that it shows a time and a place that are so foreign to us today and I loved the brief appearance of Brendan Behan in the bar Quirke took his niece at the beginning of the book.

I've started Christine Falls based on your comment that it had 1950's forensic pathology. I'm enjoying it -- Banville, sorry, Black is such a good writer that I'm just happy to be along for the ride. Quirke's encounter with Brendan Behan at the beginning (when he took his niece out for a drink) ...

I think I will have to find myself a copy of Written in Bone. And pull Christine Falls off the shelf as it's part of my challenge.

... could see myself checking the series out again. As for The Silver Swan, I'm about to start it today. I really enjoyed Christine Falls, particularly the bits about forensic pathology in Ireland in the 1950's. I really want to get started on Silver Swan but the laundry is unfortunately ...

The Ten Year Nap Meg Wolitzer Terra Incognita Ruth Downie Gods Behaving Badly Marie Phillips Christine Falls Benjamin Black World Made By Hand James Howard Knustler have read all but Ten year Nap

Jim, I've learned to trust your judgment. I'll stick with Christine Falls. Thanks for the guidance!

I liked Christine Falls very much - gave it 4 stars last year. So I'd go for it! The second, well, it didn't work for me so well.

#202. Flossie T..After reading your post, I searched Christine Falls. It sounds like a book I would really like so I've added it to the ever growing TBR pile.

>201: oh, bother. I thought Christine Falls was a GREAT book. Sorry to hear The Silver Swan doesn't really make the cut (I have a copy on the physical shelf).

#15 I've just started Christine Falls

Just started Benjamin Black's The Silver Swan, the sequel to Christine Falls. It's excellent so far!

... crap? This is detective fiction that reads like literary fiction. Another writer who does this is Benjamin Black. Read Christine Falls and The Silver Swan. Benjamin Black is the name John Banville uses for his noir-ish detective novels. Oh, I can't resist a bookclub shout-out for Denis ...

... Human Croquet – Kate Atkinson The Year of Pleasures and The art of Mending- Elizabeth Berg Christine Falls – Benjamin Black The Book of Dead Birds –Gayle Brandeis Year of Wonders –Geraldine Brooks The Boat – Lothar Gunther ...

I'm reading Christine Falls by Benjamin Black It is good so far, but still early on. Several people here have recommended it.

Man, real life has seriously impinged on my reading life, but I'm plugging along. Christine Falls by Benjamin Black, pseudonym of John Banville. Literary novelist dips his toe into Mystery waters. An Irish pathologist in the 1950s discovers his sort-of-brother tampering with the file of one of ...

... The Sea. I read it last year, and named it "The Book I Thought I Should Have Liked, but Really Didn't." But I did like Christine Falls, which Banville wrote under his Benjamin Black pseudonym.

... Extremely Happy in Your Company Shadow of the Silk Road Galileo’s Daughter The Namesake My Faraway Home Christine Falls Intimate Kill Job, a Comedy of Justice Keeper of the Light The Secret History of the Pink Carnation - Read 02/10/09 Cultural ...

I enjoyed Christine Falls as well and went on to read The Silver Swan which I note had an interesting ending.

... (not Maigret admittedly) with a major part of the genesis of Benjamin Black - I haven't yet read any Simenon but I loved Christine Falls.

... - Clare Wigfall Worst fiction book: The Emperor's Children - Claire Messud Best crime book: close tie between Christine Falls (Benjamin Black) and Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn) Book I couldn't put down (even though I hated myself for it): Little Face - Sophie Hannah Book ...

#28 - Just finished Christine Falls, pretty good, not fantastic, but a promising new fairly literary mystery series. But what is fantastic so far is The Likeness by Tana French -- I am just loving this author's mysteries! Her first In the Woods was one of my favorites this year. I hope ...

I read Stephanopoulous' book, it was quite good. .

I was going to read Christine Falls, but The Wise Woman somehow managed to be in my hands when I opened a book today.

I finished A Pale View of Hills by Ishiguro -- odd, a bit confusing, but pretty good. And I've started Christine Falls by Benjamin Black - which is billed as a "literary" mystery, so far quite good.

I finished Christine Falls last night. While some of the "twists and turns" were predictable, I liked the writing style well enough that I'll read the next in the series. I started Thursday Next: First Among Sequels as well. I read the other Thursday Next novels so long ago that I was worried I ...

"Christine," he said. Christine Falls by Benjamin Black

Today, I totally just purchased Christine Falls Forever Middlemarch and from PaperbackSwap, I received The Kennedys My Antonia Oh, how my TBR list grows and grows....

Christine Falls: A Novel by Benjamin Black Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl by Stacey O'Brien The Giver by Lois Lowry all from Amazon The Fiddle Case by Christine Palamidessi Moore / an ARC LT Shelter Me by Juliette Fay/ an ARC Harper Colli ...

Christine Falls: A Novel by Benjamin Black Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl by Stacey O'Brien The Giver by Lois Lowry all from Amazon The Fiddle Case by Christine Palamidessi Moore / an ARC LT Shelter Me by Juliette Fay/ an ARC Harper Colli ...

... Places 3. Akimitsu Takagi -- The Tattoo Murder Case 4. Benjamin Black -- Christine Falls and The Silver Swan 6. Karin Alvtegen -- Shadow 7. Tana French -- The Likeness 8. ...

I received a mooch today: Christine Falls by Benjamin Black

... I can't wait to hear about the Benjamin Black reading. I don't read a lot of mysteries, but I really liked Christine Falls. I'm hoping to get to The Silver Swan soon.

... to keep saying, I'm slow to catch up on everyone's individual threads having only joined this group last month! I thought Christine Falls was fantastic, and am going to hear "Benjamin Black" read from The Lemur in October - hoping it will be good! The Silver Swan is on my TBR list as well. ...

Belinda Lucia Katherine Catherine, Called Birdy Holly Would Dream Christine Falls Cassandra French's Finishing School for Boys Forever Amber Emma Agnes Grey Villette Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt

Mighty "Al" has chosen The guardians to lead me to Christine Falls whose crime and deep conspiracy kept me up during White nights, as day blends into night.

... Anne Enright 20. The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne 21. The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger 22. Christine Falls - Benjamin Black 23. Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn 24. Case Histories - Kate Atkinson 25. The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields 26. The Minota ...

... Anne Enright 20. The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne 21. The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger 22. Christine Falls - Benjamin Black 23. Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn 24. Case Histories - Kate Atkinson 25. The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields 26. The Minota ...

... is Dennis Lehane. Especially his Kenzie and Gennaro series starting with A Drink Before the War. I just read Christine Falls by Benjamin Black, although it's set in 1950s Ireland, so might fall into the historical category. For something lighter, try The Spellman Files. It's ...

2008 Edgar Awards Nominees & winner* for best novel: Christine Falls by Benjamin Black (Henry Holt and Company) Priest by Ken Bruen (St. Martin's Minotaur) The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins) Soul Patch by Reed Farrel Coleman (Bleak H ...

62. Christine Falls by Benjamin Black I liked Christine Falls very much. It's not much of a mystery - I figured out what was going on pretty quickly - but I don't think it was meant to be. The book is more about the characters, the damage resulting from their history, and how their ...

... then boom. Both on the giving and receiving side. I missed out on The Lace Reader but checked later and there was Christine Falls. It's coming from the US (I'm in Canada) there shouldn't be duty or anything on these international mooches should there?

... really weird to read about all the places I know now, but didn't have any idea this event happened back then. Up next is Christine Falls, a mystery set in Ireland in the 1950s. I'm two chapters in and so far, so good.

... enough to return to either of these two books to confirm my inference. What do other readers of The Silver Swan and Christine Falls think?

I am just finishing Christine Falls by Benjamin Black (John Banville). Having read and admired Banville's The Sea, I was curious to see how he handled crime fiction. Well, both The Silver Swan and Christine Falls have left me uncertain as to whether I want to read more of "Benjamin Black". ...

... whether this was on LT or I read a review) - and this one was available on Bookmooch first. It was pretty disappointing. Christine Falls by Benjamin Black - I hadn't realised, but this is a similar thing - I read a review of the next book that Black wrote, and was inspired to wishlist all ...

92. Christine Falls by Benjamin Black - an atmospheric and pacy thriller set in 1950s Dublin (although it could easily be Victorian) and Boston. Sample quote: "He spoke without preamble, watching her smile as it dismantled itself in slow, distinct stages, first leaving her eyes, then the ...

I gave up on Christine Falls today. I'd read half of it and the plot was just not working. I then read the end and discovered that the plot gets much more unbelievable. Obviously a good decision.

... bookmarks to the book I'm reading, so . . . for The Zookeeper's Wife it's a magnetic bookmark with a leopard on it; for Christine Falls it's a Celtic bookmark; and for Small Island it's a bookmark with tropical flowers on it.

whymaggiemay, I also am reading Christine Falls, and I agree, it's not exactly keeping me on the edge of my seat. It's not bad, though, and I'm hoping it will pick up. I also just started Homecoming by Bernhard Schlink. It seems interesting so far. I also have just been assigned The A ...

... Zookeeper's Wife, which is very good. I'd taken it on vacation and "lost" it in my suitcase. I'm about 100 pages into Christine Falls, which isn't bad, but not exactly a page turner for me.

... through The Grapes of Wrath (and right now would slap that Al up one side of his head for stupidity) and just started Christine Falls.

... Follett 9. The Last Kingdom, (The Saxon Novels, Book 1), Bernard Cornwell 8. The Silver Swan, Benjamin Black 7. Christine Falls, Benjamin Black 6. Heretic, (The Grail Quest, Book 3), Bernard Cornwell 5. The Innocent Man, John Grisham 4. Vagabond, (The Grail Quest, Book 2), ...

... The Journal of Curious Letters by James Dashner Victor Kugler: The Man Who Hid Anne Frank by Rick Kardonne Christine Falls by John Banville Gypsy Tears: Loving a Holocaust Survivor by Cora Schwartz The Blackest Bird: A Novel of Murder in Nineteenth-Century New York ...

... Texts. Do you think he'll notice? As if that wasn't enough, I hit the library on the way home for Beginner's Greek, Christine Falls, Loving Frank, and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. It's a good thing summer break is less than two weeks away.

... Brookner today or tomorrow. So rich and melancholy - I'm really enjoying its moodiness. Then I'll probably try Christine Falls by Benjamin Black/John Banville. I have a couple of LT Early Review ARCs that I just got that may replace it though.

#29 - Christine Falls - Benjamin Black - Finished May 8, 2008 As I mentioned above, Benjamin Black is a pseudonym for John Banville. I read a review of this book that said it includes the same lyrical writing as The Sea, but is much more accessible. I have to say that I agree. The book is ...

... Tuner by Daniel Mason Mistaken Identity by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak Christine Falls by Benjamin Black (otherwise known as John Banville) Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler The Chameleon's Shadow ...

... it is definitely on my TBR list after having read The Wife: A Novel. Now I'll put The Position on there too. Yes, Christine Falls is a mystery - the first in a series, from what I understand. The second just came out - The Silver Swan. I haven't read it. Although it's definitely a ...

20. Christine Falls ... by Benjamin Black

Avaland - I'm now reading Christine Falls, which is written by Banville under the pen name Benjamin Black. I'll write more about it when I've finished, but so far, I'm finding the same beautiful writing, but a much more compelling story than in The Sea.

... any thoughts or recommendations on these? Best Novel Nominees Down River by John Hart - winner Christine Falls by Benjamin Black Priest by Ken Bruen The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon Soul Patch by Re ...

... "wandering aimlessly around (e.g. the streets)", and that a "culchie" could mean a country boy (or girl). I'm reading Benjamin Black (John Banville)'s The Silver Swan at the moment and am certain I'll need further linguistic enlightenment before the (metaphorical) day's out - if you ...

I got Escape from Amsterdam by Sherwood. How the algorithms decided I should get Japan and Dublin Christine Falls last time, I do not know - but it's working. I also got The Gargoyle by Davidson somehow as an ARC via publisher's lunch...an embarrassment of riches.

... Glendenning, very little progress on The Thirty Years War, and almost none in With my Trousers Rolled. I started Christine Falls by Benjamin Black (John Banville) and Nature's Engraver, both of which are going quickly enough that they'll be finished by the end of the week. It ...

Is anyone else still waiting for Christine Falls?

After a few days in Ireland and Boston with Christine Falls I enjoyed a brief visit to Venice in Donna Leon's Fatal Remedies, then it was back to Ireland again for The Story of Lucy Gault -- what a sad, sad visit that was! I think I'll hop back to Italy again with The Italian Lover by ...

Still looking for Christine Falls.

The coupons are killing me. A 40% off at Borders netted: Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin Christine Falls by Benjamin Black Take this Bread: A Radical Conversion by Sara Miles

What a fun thread! Right now I'm in Ireland (I think) with Benjamin Black's Christine Falls. Just before that I briefly visited both modern-day and 17th Century Venice in The Rossetti Letter, although I admit I didn't enjoy that visit very much and left early. Before that I was in Sarajev ...

I have posted my review of Christine Falls. I really enjoyed the book and I am grateful to have received a copy. I am a Banville fan and I look forward to reading The Silver Swan. It may be intimidating that the NYT and NYBR have reviewed the book already, but I think I bring the perspective ...

... second in the series of mysteries involving the Dublin pathologist, Quirke, The Silver Swan. Black’s follow up to Christine Falls was an excellent, fast passed whodunit with (no big surprise) some beautiful prose. My only negative criticism of the plot, and this was very minor, was ...

My early review of Christine Falls is up here. I use the term "early review" a bit loosely here. This book is NOT a new book. My edition is recent but the copyright is 2006! I'm not sure how this book qualified for the "Early Review" ...

Title: Christine Falls Date Arrived: 3/05/08 Method of delivery: UPS 2nd Day Air Book format: trade paperback (just released) Publisher: Picador Packaging: Padded mailer Other: none

Title: Christine Falls by Benjamin Black Date Arrived: 3/03/08 Method of delivery: UPS 2nd Day Air Book format: trade paperback (just released) Publisher: Picador Packaging: Padded mailer Other: none No note, no nothing but I'm looking forward to reading this one!!

Title: Christine Falls Date Arrived: 3/03/08 Method of delivery: UPS 2nd Day Air Book format: trade paperback (just released) Publisher: Picador Packaging: Padded mailer Other: none

I snagged Christine Falls too; looking forward to it. Mine hasn't arrived yet and I'm impatient too 8) It's up for an Edgar Award! I've read several Gruber books in the Jimmy Paz series and liked them--santeria and all.

I got Christine Falls, looking forward to it. Has anyone else's copy arrived yet? Or am I just impatient? 8)

Christine Falls hurrah!

#133 make sure you have updated your address on your ER profile. citygirl I got Christine Falls also, but I figured that alot of other people would have said they got it

Did no one else snag Christine Falls?

Well since I knew I didn't stand a chance of getting a E.R. copy of Christine Falls by Benjamin Black, I went out and got a copy. Thats what I am currently reading. I'm about a third of the way through. Very interesting story.

I'm getting that one, too -- The Forgery of Venus by Michael Gruber. The only other one I requested was Christine Falls which I'm prepared to buy anyway.

Sorry about that. Elephants. I got a mystery (woo-hoo!), Christine Falls. What do you know, the Algorithm must have liked those offerings. :-S

... me a small eternity to read (I've been working on it since November). I also got three new books from the library today: Christine Falls by Benjamin Black (John Banville), The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig, and Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski. Christine Falls and Fieldwork ...

#11. Christine Falls by John Banville/Benjamin Black. This is not a run-of-the-mill mystery, as I would expect in a book written by John Banville. In fact, I'm not sure that there is really a "crime" to solve so much as their is an uncovering of evil. I enjoyed the way the story unfolds in ...

Oh I was a bad girl at Borders last nite--I got Ask Again Later, Christine Falls, and while I was trying to walk out the door I saw and had to buy The Welsh Girl. Now they called me that my pre order of Firefly Lane is in--man I need more money.

A batch of my holds showed up at the library today: Away by Amy Bloom Priest by Ken Bruen Christine Falls by Benjamin Black Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Jeff Hertzberg In the Woods by Tana French (Touchstone isn't working) Better get reading!!

>16 & >17 I agree that I'm not interested in reviews that aren't the words of the LT users. In Christine Falls, the review that just appeared above mine is lifted wholesale from PW, I think, without accreditation. That seems seriously wrong to me. I like reading people's reviews, if they are ...

Benjamin Black is a pen name Blanville used in his latest book. (It's was mentioned in the March 25 NYTimes book review of Christine Falls)

... Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year A Place called Here - Cecelia Ahern # Whitethorn Woods - Maeve Binchy Christine Falls - Benjamin Black ** From here to Maternity - Sinead Moriarty Should have got off at Sidney Parade - Ross O'Carroll Kelly Irish Sports ...

... the pseudonym of John Banville and his first work into what is to become a series of mystery/crime fiction books, Christine Falls. The U.K. edition is currently available but the U.S. edition won’t be on the shelves until March. The setting is 1950's Dublin and Boston, and the ...