Has anyone read the two Quirke novels by Black, aka John Banville?

I went up to college in '83 when Dublin was on the cusp of shedding the 50's, there were still tenements in the Georgian squares, and becoming what it is today - and I simply don't recognise it. Neither in the language nor in the mood. Its also nothing like the literature coming out of 50's Ireland, or Dublin for that matter.

Anyone got an opinion?

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