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All the books by John Banville adapted to cinema and television, ranked
A stoic historian rents a lodge in the picturesque Irish countryside for the summer in order to finish writing his biography of Sir Isaac Newton, but his focus soon turns to his troubled lower-upper class landlords, the Lawless family.
In the 1950s, while carrying out his duties as chief pathologist at the Dublin City Morgue, the reclusive and sour Quirke pursues a solitary life, treating his depression by frequenting Dublin’s dingy taverns and alleyways. Though, Quirke’s inherent curiosity to learn the truth quickly sends him on a tour of Dublin’s less savory districts, where he encounters unsolved problems from his own history that are best left unattended. As he starts to uncover discrepancies during routine tests, however.
Marlowe is charged with locating a gorgeous heiresses’ missing ex-lover in noir-LA of the late 1930s. He soon learns that a labyrinth of corruption lies beneath the missing man’s disappearance, placing him in the sights of some of the city’s wealthiest and most dangerous residents.
The story of Max, a man who, after the passing of his wife, travels back to the sea where he used to spend his summers as a boy in quest of solace.