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Benjamin Black

Benjamin Black appears in the following:

Murder in 1950s Ireland

Monday, March 17, 2008

In The Silver Swan, his follow-up to last year's acclaimed crime novel Christine Falls, Benjamin Black (pseudonym of Booker Prize-winner John Banville) revisits 1950s Ireland as the pathologist Garret Quirke tracks down a young woman's dubious suicide.

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Debunking Conventional Wisdom

Monday, March 17, 2008

The Western media's news coverage of the Middle East has focused almost exclusively on Iraq. But what about the other 20 countries in the region? Veteran reporter Robin Wright discusses the future of the entire Middle East. Also, one chimpanzee's attempt to learn sign language 30 years ago. Then, incoming ...

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