Paul Oldham reviewed Snow: A Novel by John Banville
Dark murder mystery which is more about the place and time than the crime
5 stars
Despite being "A Strafford and Quirke Murder" the latter is conspicuous by his absence but this strange and haunting book is really rather fine. A plot very much of its time and place, with a lot left unsaid, and it is very dark but it's well written (and I polished it off in only two days, which is a bit of a giveaway).
