Vengeance (Signed First Edition)

Benjamin Black (aka John Banville)

ISBN 10: 0805094393 / ISBN 13: 9780805094398

Published by Henry Holt (New York), 2012

About this Item

First printing. A pristine unread copy. Signed by John Banville on title page as BENJAMIN BLACK. His name only, no inscriptions. The fifth novel is the Quirke series.

Seller Inventory # ds7

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Vengeance (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Henry Holt (New York)
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805094393
• ISBN 13: 9780805094398
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Irish Literature

About this title

Synopsis

A bizarre suicide leads to a scandal and then still more blood, as one of our most brilliant crime novelists reveals a world where money and sex trump everything

It's a fine day for a sail, and Victor Delahaye, one of Ireland's most successful businessmen, takes his boat far out to sea. With him is his partner's son―who becomes the sole witness when Delahaye produces a pistol, points it at his own chest, and fires.

This mysterious death immediately engages the attention of Detective Inspector Hackett, who in turn calls upon the services of his sometime partner Quirke, consultant pathologist at the Hospital of the Holy Family. The stakes are high: Delahaye's prominence in business circles means that Hackett and Quirke must proceed very carefully. Among others, they interview Mona Delahaye, the dead man's young and very beautiful wife; James and Jonas Delahaye, his identical twin sons; and Jack Clancy, his ambitious, womanizing partner. But then a second death occurs, this one even more shocking than the first, and quickly it becomes apparent that a terrible secret threatens to destroy the lives and reputations of several members of Dublin's elite.

Why did Victor Delahaye kill himself, and who is intent upon wreaking vengeance on so many of those who knew him?

About the Author

Benjamin Black is the pen name of the Man Booker Prize-winning novelist John Banville. The author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed series of Quirke novels―Christine Falls, The Silver Swan, Elegy for April, and A Death in Summer―he lives in Dublin.