Quirke in San Sebastián, by Benjamin Black

Quirke in San Sebastián

When Benjamin Black let John Banville know that the next installment of Quirke would take place in the already illustrious film Donosti, he could not imagine how successful the matter would be. Because nothing better than the tune of the development of a plot full of contrasts like San Sebastián itself, so ...

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The Secret Guests, by Benjamin Black

The secret guests

The name Black as part of the pseudonym is a declaration of intent. In this case for a John Banville with his overflowing creativity alternately focused on novels of all kinds. In the case of this novel, the Black seal as a simple association with the black genre in the ...

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The Wolves of Prague, by Benjamin Black

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The usual unfolding of John Banville and his pseudonym Benjamin Black comes with this novel to a kind of synthesis with a work that, under the signature of his alias, offers a double reading of historical fiction or noir. Thus, the Irish writer summarizes this double plot line ...

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The Shadows of Quirke, by Benjamin Black

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Quirke was a character who went from John Banville's novels to television across the UK. An overwhelming triumph whose secret is respect for the unique setting that this author, under the pseudonym Benjamin Black, has been offering his readers for years. All …

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