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Snow

內容簡介

內容簡介 英國亞馬遜編輯選書充滿詩意與懷舊氛圍的犯罪推理小說，重點不在奇巧的謎團，而是幽暗難明的人性...聖誕節前夕謀殺案 重返暗黑愛爾蘭年代曼布克獎得主班維爾決定告別「班傑明．布萊克」，以本名發表犯罪小說。一九五七年，天主教教會鐵腕控制下的愛爾蘭，韋克斯福德郡。聖誕節前夕，在神祕貴族奧斯本家族袓宅的圖書室，一名天主教教區神父遭到謀殺與閹割。信奉新教的偵緝督察史崔佛到此調查謀殺案，追查凶手時卻一再碰壁，副手更突然失蹤；他必須在教區的祕密被掩蓋之前，揭開真相。'Outstanding.' -Irish Independent'Exquisite.' -Daily Mail'Hypnotic.' -Financial Times'This is crime fiction for the connoisseur.' -The Times'The body is in the library,' Colonel Osborne said. 'Come this way.'Detective Inspector St John Strafford is called in from Dublin to investigate a murder at Ballyglass House - the Co. Wexford family seat of the aristocratic, secretive Osborne family.Facing obstruction from all angles, Strafford carries on determinedly in his pursuit of the murderer. However, as the snow continues to fall over this ever-expanding mystery, the people of Ballyglass are equally determined to keep their secrets.'A typically elegant country house mystery.' -Guardian'A well-crafted story, peopled by superbly well-drawn characters, and put together in the finest prose...Masterly.' -Irish Independent"

作者介紹

作者介紹 John BanvilleJohn Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of seventeen novels, including The Book of Evidence, The Sea, which won the 2005 Man Booker Prize, and the Quirke Series of crime novels under the pen name Benjamin Black. Other major prizes he has won include the Franz Kafka Prize, the Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Achievement in Irish Literature, and the Prince of Asturias Award. He lives in Dublin.

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