{"product_id":"holy-orders-paperback-3","title":"Holy Orders - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Banville\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Black\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen the body of his daughter's friend \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis brought to his autopsy table, Quirke is \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eplunged into a world of corruption that \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003etakes him to the darkest corners of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatholic Church, in one of \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal's\u003c\/i\u003e \"Ten Best Mysteries of the Year.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1950s Dublin. A battered body discovered floating in a canal is quickly identified as Jimmy Minor, an up-and-coming investigative journalist for the \u003ci\u003eClarion \u003c\/i\u003eand a good friend to Phoebe, the daughter of pathologist Quirke. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetermined to find Jimmy's killer, Quirke enlists his sometime partner, Inspector Hackett. As they dig deeper into the stories Jimmy was pursuing and the secrets he was poised to reveal, and Quirke is haunted by the memories of his own grim childhood in a priest-run orphanage, the two men will see just how far the Church and its supporters will go to protect their own interests.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN BANVILLE\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of numerous novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2005 Booker Prize, and the DI Quirke mysteries. In 2011 he was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize, in 2013 he was awarded the Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Achievement in Irish Literature, and in 2014 he won the Prince of Asturias Award, Spain's most important literary prize. He lives in Dublin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43157901705279,"sku":"9781250421579","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c3LD9NjkCx9781250421579.webp?v=1776985282","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/holy-orders-paperback-3","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}