Detective Inspector St John Strafford has been sent from Dublin to the Ballyglass estate, to investigate the discovery of a body in the library. St John (pronounced Sinjun, he repeats), is something of an anomaly: a protestant in the Garda Síochána. And in 1967, on a fragrant summer's eve, St John meets one of the Osbornes, on St Stephen's Green. To be savoured slowly, word by finely wrought word, Snow is, dare I say it, deep, crisp and even. Expand Close Snow by John Banville / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Snow by John BanvilleFictionSnowJohn BanvilleFaber, €10.99Sunday Indo Living

Source: Irish Independent November 15, 2020 02:37 UTC