Quirke is the chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue - a charasmatic loner whose job takes him into fascinating places as he investigates sudden death in 1950s Dublin. His pleasures in life are raw and deep a drink a smoke good food a woman. One woman in particular - his adoptive brother's wife Sarah - and the forbidden love that has shaped and dominated Quirke's life. Adapted from the novels by John Banville writing as Benjamin Black the three feature length films - Christine Falls The Silver Swan and Elegy for April - reveal the tangled truth about Quirke's... living family even as he uncovers the secrets of the Dublin dead. [show more]
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Gabriel Byrne plays the eponymous Irish pathologist-cum-sleuth in this three-part BBC adaptation based on the novels by John Banville While fulfilling his duties as chief pathologist at the Dublin City Morgue during the 1950s the insular and surly Quirke (Byrne) ploughs a lonely course managing his depression by haunting Dublin&39;s dank alleyways and bars But when he begins to notice inconsistencies during routine examinations Quirke&39;s natural inquisitiveness to find out the truth soon leads him on a tour of Dublin&39;s less salubrious areas where he faces unresolved issues from his own past that would be better left undisturbed The episodes are &39;Christine Falls&39; &39;The Silver Swan&39; and &39;Elegy for April&39;
Gabriel Byrne plays the eponymous Irish pathologist-cum-sleuth in this three-part BBC adaptation based on the novels by John Banville. While fulfilling his duties as chief pathologist at the Dublin City Morgue during the 1950s, the insular and surly Quirke (Byrne) ploughs a lonely course, managing his depression by haunting Dublin's dank alleyways and bars. But when he begins to notice inconsistencies during routine examinations, Quirke's natural inquisitiveness to find out the truth soon leads him on a tour of Dublin's less salubrious areas, where he faces unresolved issues from his own past that would be better left undisturbed. The episodes are: 'Christine Falls', 'The Silver Swan' and 'Elegy for April'.
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