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John Banville: channelling Chandler
With Quirke, he pounded the pavements of 1950s Dublin. Now the novelist takes on the great LA gumshoe Philip Marlowe
Television: There’s not much tension in watching this detective
A problematic lead in Gabriel Byrne, a predictable plot, clunky dialogue and staying too close to John Banville’s Benjamin Black book dampen drama in ‘Quirke: Christine Falls’
Killer instinct: a golden age of Irish crime fiction
Irish crime writing is booming. Ahead of a weekend festival, some of the writers who have their fingerprints all over this crime wave discuss the reasons behind it
RTÉ unveils new shows for ‘long winter ahead’
‘Quirke’ and ‘Amber’ join drama line-up, new comedies set for RTÉ Two
Review: Frères Jacques
The restaurant may be cartoonishly French but there’s nothing funny about its prices
John Banville: the movies and me
It took John Banville three years to write a book, and three days to turn it into his first film script. Money for jam, or beginner’s luck?
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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