![]() ![]() So calibrate any assessment of "Christine Falls" according to Banville's exalted standards for his own work. His use of a pen name for "Christine Falls" reflects the way he has spoken about this genre novel in terms of craftsmanship rather than art. Under ordinary circumstances, he might be admired for the cool precision and contemplative allure of his impressive debut.īut this is no tyro: Black is the Irish author John Banville, winner of the Man Booker Prize in 2005 for "The Sea" and a man much admired for the hauteur and inventiveness of his fiction. The swirling, elegant noir "Christine Falls" is the first book by Benjamin Black. ![]() Fiction Christine Falls By Benjamin Black 340 pages. ![]()
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