· 3 July By Tony Bradman. Fans of Benjamin Black ’s detective novels featuring the s Dublin pathologist Quirke might find themselves a tad disorientated if they’re expecting more of the same in the author’s latest novel, Prague Nights – unless they’ve read the blurb, that is. For the anguished, lugubrious Quirke has not suddenly decided to go on holiday to Prague. · Prague, perhaps almost as much as Dublin, is in Black and Banville’s DNA. As crime fiction tradition demands, Prague Nights opens with a dead body. It Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. · Benjamin Black. Publisher: Viking. Guideline Price: £ One dark and snowy night in the winter of , a young man enters the city of Prague, at the time “the centre of the world Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.
Today, we present the opening chapter to Prague Nights, the latest thriller from Dead In Dun Laoghaire guest Benjamin Black, AKA John Banville. Prague, Christian Stern, a young doctor, has. Prague, perhaps almost as much as Dublin, is in Black and Banville's DNA. As crime fiction tradition demands, Prague Nights opens with a dead body. It is the winter of and Christian Stern. The #TFBook Club chooses "Prague Nights" by Benjamin Black. 21st April Our first outing for the #TFBookClub was a resounding success, we had lots of lovely chat and input from our readers following Rosanna Ley's characters to Dorset and to Sardinia, in search of The Little Theatre by the www.doorway.ruing on from that, we have now chosen our next book to read together.
Buy Prague Nights: Benjamin Black 01 by Black, Benjamin (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Prague Nights is set in Prague in Part mystery and part thriller it tells the story of how Christian Hern travels there to study and after a night of drinking, stumbles upon the dead body of Magda Kroll, mistress of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. By finding the body he is then enlisted by the Emperor to find out why she has been murdered. Prague Nights - Benjamin Black 'The emperor's mistress had been murdered, and the world had been taken hold of and turned upon its head' Prague, Christian Stern, a young doctor, has just arrived in the city.
0コメント