Tom Rob Smith (born 1979) is an English writer. The son of a Swedish mother and an English father, Smith was raised in London where he lives today. After graduating from Cambridge University in 2001, he completed his studies in Italy, studying creative writing for a year. After these studies, he worked as a scriptwriter.
His first novel, Child 44, about a series of child murders in Stalinist Russia, appeared in early 2008 and was translated into 17 languages. It was awarded the 2008 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the year by the Crime Writer's Association. It was recently a Barnes & Noble recommended book. On July 29, 2008 the book was named on the long list for the 2008 Man Booker Prize. In November 2008, he was nominated for the 2008 Costa First Novel Award (former Whitbread).
Child 44 followed-up by The Secret Speech (2009)and Agent 6 (2011).
MGB officer Leo is a man who never questions the Party Line. He arrests whomever he is told to arrest. He dismisses the horrific death of a young boy because he is told to, because he believes the Party stance that there can be no murder in Communist Russia. Leo is the perfect soldier of the regime. But suddenly his confidence that everything he does serves a great good is shaken. He is forced to watch a man he knows to be innocent be brutally tortured. And then he is told to arrest his own wife. Leo understands how the State works: Trust and check, but check particularly on those we trust. He faces a stark choice: his wife or his life. And still the killings of children continue...
有书评把这本和勒卡雷比,这必须是溢美之词,也许是期望太高,我想说说问题。 1,前半部分很好,尤其是里奥接受考验的部分之前,有人说对苏联的状态描述过份夸张,但第一我们没经历过没细考据过不敢断言,第二其实那不重要,这本书再怎么说也是娱乐小说而不是历史反思,为了故...
评分虽然还没全部看完,但感觉本书并不像豆瓣上评价得那么出色,只能说是情节还算可以吧,写得的确是比较生动。但有些看法不说不快。 感觉作者把50年代的苏联社会描写的太黑暗和残酷了,好象全社会完全被克格勃控制了似的,一片绝望好象人间地狱,我个人对此表示怀疑,...
评分首先我必须要表达对该书作者汤姆•罗伯•史密斯的敬意,虽然这是他的处女作却足够让很多悬疑小说名家汗颜了,或者该这么说,单单只是以悬疑恐怖推理这些标签来定义这部小说的恐怕有些不太适合,大部分以上的类型小说都很难与时代有强烈的契合感,换句话说那些小说可以随意...
评分标题可能有点儿危言耸听,但这就是我读完《44号孩子》的第一感觉。 这本书的前半部分无可挑剔,极权主义对人性的异化和压迫所制造出的阴冷和压抑感觉几乎要溢出书来,这些控诉并不是简单的套路说教,而是通过非常精彩流畅好看的剧情来呈现的,宛如《1984》和《窃听...
评分《44号孩子》是英国作家汤姆•罗伯•史密斯的处女作,读罢确有惊艳之感,不得不说那些让作者载誉的奖项当属实至名归。 小说开篇就以追捕为缘起,把读者带入了紧张而离奇的推理氛围当中,孩子们在追捕骨瘦如柴的猫,为了喂食同样形容枯槁的自己和家人,熟不知他们已...
结尾逊掉了
评分完全放不下来的小说!即便知道有主角光环,全程也都忍不住担心这对夫妻的命运。画面感非常强,每章结尾都很有力,如果改成电视剧一定好看死了。
评分电影真是太烂了
评分结尾逊掉了
评分叙述非常流畅,也许太流畅了,阅读时几乎不用动大脑,作者把方方面面都交代得太清楚了。所以,和严肃文学比,这本书和所有畅销书一样拥有完美的story,但缺失narrative。另,故事里有两个显而易见的卖点:1)英国式的腐; 2)欧美对苏联的政治意淫(与《红色十月号》一个路子)。
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