Blog: The Kiln

Christine Falls by Benjamin Black When the Booker-Prize-winning, seriously literary Irish writer John Banville came out with this mystery novel in 2006, under a new pen name—and declared it would be the first in a series, no less—critics seemed to appreciate the idea and rewarded Banville/Black with praise for writing a kind of literary-mystery hybrid. In the end, the book succeeds as neither. While it contains many well-written scenes, and is certainly [...]