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From: William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Snow
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 15:41:42 -0400
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Titus G wrote:
> On 20/06/25 09:27, William Hyde wrote:
> snip
>>>> Just in case I did not previously recommend Banville's "Snow", let me do
>>>> so now.  It is a mystery, but not involving Quirke.
> 
> Writing as Benjamin Black, Banville wrote seven sequential novels about
> Quirke. As Banville, he has written four novels classified by Fantastic
> Fiction as "Strafford and Quirke" Mysteries. "Snow" is the first of
> these four and the eighth in sequence. "Snow" is the only book in which
> Quirke is not a principal character but I would recommend the whole
> series is best read in publication order.
> 
Thanks.  I'd lost track of what Banville  is doing.

William Hyde