AdvertisementSleuthing Around Dublin's Darkest CornersSeptember 02, 2011NPR StafffacebookEmailO'Connell Street, 1952: Dublin in the 1950s is "perfect noir territory" says writer John Banville (who writes crime fiction under the pen name Benjamin Black). The city's dark history is incorporated into his work. "I am a novelist and therefore a cannibal," he says. "I eat whatever comes near me. Everything is material." (Fox Photos/Getty Images)