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Quirke is a crime drama television series that was first broadcast on BBC One and RTÉ One in 2014. The three-part series is based on the Quirke novels by John Banville, writing under the pseudonym Benjamin Black, and was adapted by Andrew Davies and Conor McPherson.
Quirke: With Gabriel Byrne, Brian Gleeson, Nick Dunning, Aisling Franciosi. A chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue investigates sudden death victims in the 1950s.
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- 2014-02-16
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Gabriel Byrne, Brian Gleeson, Nick Dunning
The Quirke series of crime novels, written by Irish novelist John Banville under the pen name Benjamin Black, centres on the titular character, a pathologist in 1950s Dublin. The series is published by Henry Holt & Co. in the US.
Quirke is a bold, mesmerising drama full of mystery, secrets and intrigue, starring Gabriel Byrne and Michael Gambon.
- Christine Falls. by Benjamin Black. 3.55 · 13432 Ratings · 1487 Reviews · published 2006 · 83 editions. In the debut crime novel from the Booker-winning a…
- The Silver Swan. by Benjamin Black. 3.54 · 4749 Ratings · 560 Reviews · published 2007 · 68 editions. The inimitable Quirke returns in another spellbind…
- Elegy for April. by Benjamin Black. 3.67 · 3406 Ratings · 423 Reviews · published 2010 · 60 editions. Quirke — the hard-drinking, insatiably curious …
- A Death in Summer. by Benjamin Black. 3.68 · 2962 Ratings · 332 Reviews · published 2011 · 45 editions. One of The Chicago Tribune's Best Reads of 2011.
Quirke, a pathologist in 1950s Dublin, is perturbed when his strait-laced adoptive brother Malachy, an obstetrician, appears to be tampering with evidence relating to the recently deceased Christine Falls.
Quirke is the chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue – a charismatic loner whose job takes him into fascinating places as he investigates sudden deaths in 1950s Dublin.