Snow
A chilling mystery from the Man Booker Prize winner
Join Faber Members for 10% off your first order.
THE LOCK-UP – A THRILLING NEW STRAFFORD AND QUIRKE MYSTERY – IS AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDER
‘Outstanding.’ Irish Independent
‘Exquisite.’ Daily Mail
‘Hypnotic.’ Financial Times
‘This is crime fiction for the connoisseur.’ The Times
‘The body is in the library,’ Colonel Osborne said. ‘Come this way.’
Detective Inspector St John Strafford is called in from Dublin to investigate a murder at Ballyglass House – the Co. Wexford family seat of the aristocratic, secretive Osborne family.
Facing obstruction from all angles, Strafford carries on determinedly in his pursuit of the murderer. However, as the snow continues to fall over this ever-expanding mystery, the people of Ballyglass are equally determined to keep their secrets.
‘A typically elegant country house mystery.’ Guardian
‘A well-crafted story, peopled by superbly well-drawn characters, and put together in the finest prose . . . Masterly.’ Irish Independent
'A typically elegant country house mystery.'
The sinister and unnerving Snow has all the trimmings of a classic country house mystery - body in the library, closed circle of suspects, foul weather - all elevated by Banville's immaculate, penetrating prose.
[Uses] a suspicious death as the jumping off point to examine the complexities and hypocrisies of mid-century life under the conservative de Valera regime. As astute and lyrical as any of Banville’s works, Snow continues to cement the legacy of one of our greatest living writers.
Banville writes a dangerous and clear-running prose and has a grim gift of seeing people's souls.
John Banville is one of the best novelists in English, and an expert ventriloquist, among other things.
John Banville is simply the finest writer at work today, a prolific prose stylist whose work has only deepened in quality throughout his career.
JOHN BANVILLE was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of many novels, including The Book of Evidence, the 2005 Booker Prize-winning The Sea, and, more recently, the bestselling Strafford and Quirke crime series, which has twice been shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger.
Read MoreBrowse a selection of books we think you might also like, with genre matches and a few wildcards thrown in.
John Banville, author of Snow, April in Spain and The Lock-Up, joins journalist and broadcaster, Alex Clark, in conversation.
Our books of the year, along with what we'll be reading and gifting this Christmas.
Discover the charms of Detective Inspector St John Strafford in the chilling Snow by John Banville.
Faber has acquired April in Spain, the sumptuous, sun-kissed follow up to the bestselling Snow from the Booker Prize-winning author John …
Can't decide what to give your friends and family this year? Our Christmas Gift Guide is here to help. We’ve …