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Rust & Stardust
T. Greenwood
St. Martin’s Press
August 2018
352pp
書籍編號:
01-2521
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● 內文簡介

★榮獲多位《紐約時報》暢銷書作家盛情推薦!

本小說故事靈感來自真人真事的兒童綁架案,驚悚駭人,令人讀了不寒而慄。作者之筆銳利描繪嫌犯的戀童精神問題,赤裸殘酷,令人聯想起美籍俄裔作家弗拉基米爾.納博科夫(Vladmir Nabokov)二十世紀最具爭議性的小說《蘿莉塔》。

故事描寫:1948年,新澤西州。一名11歲女孩莎莉,在文具店偷竊一本筆記本,碰巧被一名剛出獄的52歲法蘭克撞見。他在文具店門外攔住莎莉,對她撒謊說道自己是名FBI,因看到她偷竊,要立刻拘捕她,將她送進監獄,從此無法再見到家人。莎莉簡直嚇壞了,哭著哀求不要抓走她。

法蘭克答應不抓走莎莉,不過要求莎莉乖乖聽他的話。他將莎莉載走,一直往西,遠離所有可能認識他們的人。兩年時間過去了,莎莉的家人和朋友從沒見過她。可憐的莎莉在精神和肉體慘遭法蘭克的凌虐,又逼著跟隨法蘭克一直藏匿,躲避警方的追蹤。

這本小說靈感來自一宗真人真事的戀童綁架案,當時轟動整個社會,也引起大眾關注戀童問題。獲獎小說家T. Greenwood根據這樁新聞,編織一個驚悚駭聞的兒童綁架故事。在《Rust & Stardust》這本小說中,揭露像故事人物法蘭克一樣患有戀童心理的病症,以及慘遭可怕經歷的小說主角莎莉如何憑藉愛和毅力,成功脫離惡魔,平安返家的故事。

 

● 作者簡介

T. Greenwood,獲獎小說家,其小說作品銷量逾25萬冊,曾接受來自Sherwood Anderson Foundation、Christopher Isherwood Foundation、National Endowment for the Arts和Maryland State Arts Council的贊助。她的小說《Bodies of Water》是2014年lambda Literary Awards的決選作;《Two Rivers》和《Grace》獲提名San Diego Books Award的最佳小說獎;《Where I Lost Her》是《Globe and Mail》紛紛躋身暢銷書榜。

 

● 媒體報導

“Greenwood’s glowing dark ruby of a novel brilliantly transforms the true crime story that inspired Nabokov’s Lolita. Shatteringly original and eloquently written....So ferociously suspenseful, I found myself holding my breath.”──Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You

"Unflinching but compassionate, Greenwood deftly unravels the devastating layers of malice and carelessness that tore Sally from her family, but also the love and perseverance that eventually brought her home.”──Bryn Greenwood, author of the New York Times bestseller All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

"A harrowing, ripped-from-the-headlines story of lives altered in the blink of an eye, once again proving her eloquence and dexterity as an author.”──Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl

"A lyrical and haunting meditation on family, love, and survival, this novel―and Sally Horner―stayed with me long after I turned the last page."──Jillian Cantor, author of Margot

"Greenwood is unmatched in her innate ability to weave lush, poetic language into a riveting story that hooks the reader from page one."──Amy Hatvany, author of Best Kept Secret, and It Happens All the Time