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Sinopse

The sumptuous, propulsive, sun-kissed follow up to the bestselling Snow, from the Booker Prize winning author.

'Northern Spain is southern Ireland,' she said. 'It rains all the time, everywhere is green, and everyone is Catholic. You will love it.'

On the idyllic coast of San Sebastian, Spain, Dublin pathologist Quirke is struggling to relax - despite the beaches, the cafes and his disarmingly lovely wife. So when he glimpses a familiar face in the twilight at the bar Las Arcadas, it's hard, at first, to tell whether his imagination is just running away with him. Could she really be who he thinks she is, and have a connection with a crime that nearly brought ruin to an Irish political dynasty?

Unable to ignore his instincts, Quirke makes a call back home and Detective St John Strafford is soon dispatched to Spain. But he's not the only one on route: as a terrifying hitman hunts down his prey, they are all set for a brutal showdown.

'Deeply atmospheric; forensically psychological.' - Mick Herron

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Autor

John Banville

John Banville nasceu em Wexford, na Irlanda, em 1945. Na sua já vasta e premiada obra destacam-se Doutor Copérnico (James Tait Black Memorial Prize 1976), Kepler (The Guardian Fiction Prize 1981) e O Mar (vencedor do Man Booker Prize). Em 2014, foi distinguido com o Prémio Príncipe das Astúrias das Letras.

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