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Holy Orders
- Quirke, Book 6
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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Summary
Holy Orders is the sixth entry in the Quirke Mysteries, an enthralling literary crime series set in 1950s Dublin from John Banville, writing as Benjamin Black. Now major TV series: Quirke, starring Gabriel Byrne and Michael Gambon. Read by John Keating.
She looked at him and smiled sadly. ‘You’ve lived too long among the dead, Quirke,’ she said.
He nodded. ‘Yes, I suppose I have.’ She was not the first one to have told him that, and she would not be the last.
When a body is found in the canal, pathologist Quirke and Inspector Hackett are tasked with uncovering the truth behind this brutal murder. But, in a world where the police are not trusted and secrets often remain buried, there is perhaps little hope of bringing the perpetrator to justice. As spring storms descend on Dublin, Quirke and Hackett’s investigation will lead them into the dark heart of the organisation that really runs this troubled city: the church.
While their investigation proceeds, Quirke’s daughter Phoebe realizes that she is being followed. And for Quirke, as his terrible childhood in a priest-run orphanage returns to haunt him, he must face his greatest trial yet . . .
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- Dr. E. Townsend
- 21-05-21
A decent story ruined
I love the Quirke series but this one is a disaster as an audio book. John Keating’s bizarre and grating voices smother us with cartoon oirish that in the end makes it unbearable. Gave up with three and a half hours to go.
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- Jennifer
- 26-09-14
Engaging book spoiled by poor readery
This reader really ruined the book for me. He was unable to undertake any Irish accent and so resorted to a combination of stage Dublin and a bizarre attempt at a Belfast accent for characters who according to the story would not have had such an accent. His attempt to represent the speech of the Irish travelling community was insulting to them. Why could an Irish actor not be employed?
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