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John Banville

5 of the Most Famous or Notorious Spies in Fiction

By David Adams Cleveland

May 31, 2022

Alger Hiss, the Soviet spy at the center of my novel, Gods of Deception, hardly fits the mold of his contemporaries, such infamous Cold War agents as Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt, Donald Maclean, and John Cairncross (the Cambridge Five), who were all plagued by fears of exposure, alcoholism, and some would say self-hate…

Holy Orders, a Quirke novel by Benjamin Black

Fresh Meat: Holy Orders by Benjamin Black

By Terrie Farley Moran

August 16, 2013

Holy Orders by Benjamin Black is the sixth novel featuring Dublin's pathologist Quirke in mid-century Ireland (available August 20, 2013). No one even pretends that it’s a secret. Irish mystery writer Benjamin Black is the pen name of multi-award winning literary writer, John Banville. While Banville is highly acclaimed for his literary work and won…

Umberto Eco The Name of the Rose

What Is a Literary Thriller, Anyway?

By Richard Z. Santos

January 22, 2012

Recently, I’ve noticed a genre label being used, and I don’t understand what it means. I’m hoping CE readers can help define this slippery term: “literary thriller.” It’s in use by authors, agents, marketing departments, reviewers, bloggers, tweeters and a host of others. However, its usage is also inconsistent, confusing, and mystifying. I think it’s…

Elegy for April Audiobook by Benjamin Black

Benjamin Black’s Elegy for April: Listening to a Good Mystery

By Terrie Farley Moran

June 2, 2011

I haven’t had a lot of experience listening to audiobooks. For the occasional long drive, I have a stash of cassettes (old car) containing short stories and novellas. I like to listen to them because they are, well, short.  Generally, so is my attention span. Recently, I had the opportunity to listen to Elegy for…

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