{"product_id":"even-the-dead-9781250421586","title":"Even the Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuirke's latest case leads him inexorably toward the dark machinations of an old foe, in this mystery from \"one of the most imaginative literary novelists writing in the English language today\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps Quirke has been down among the dead too long. Lately the Dublin pathologist has suffered hallucinations and blackouts, and he fears the cause is a brain tumor. A specialist diagnoses an old head injury caused by a savage beating; all that's needed is an extended rest. But when a body turns up, any possibility of that vanishes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe corpse, discovered in a crashed car one hot June night, is assumed to be the victim of an accident or a suicide, but Quirke's examination of the body leads him to believe otherwise. Then his daughter Phoebe gets a mysterious visit from an acquaintance, who later disappears. Before long, Quirke and his old friend Inspector Hackett find themselves deep in a shadowy world where one of the city's most powerful men uses the cover of politics and religion to make obscene profits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN BANVILLE\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of numerous novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2005 Booker Prize, and the DI Quirke mysteries. In 2011 he was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize, in 2013 he was awarded the Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Achievement in Irish Literature, and in 2014 he won the Prince of Asturias Award, Spain's most important literary prize. He lives in Dublin.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862619422994,"sku":"9781250421586","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_25851714-db9f-40c2-99b5-538f1bbfc56f.jpg?v=1767784506","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/even-the-dead-9781250421586","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}