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The Lock-Up
The Lock-Up | John Banville
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The Lock-Up | John Banville
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1950s Dublin. Pathologist Dr. Quirke and DI Strafford (first appeared in Snow) despite their strained relationship, worked to solve a murder. There‘re glimpses of Irish class tension, the Church domination, feelings of antisemitism, and a little of world politics in this character-driven, slow-burn mystery. The plot was pretty good, I enjoyed the polished prose, and I didn‘t anticipate the twist in the epilogue.

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