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...
在写这篇书评之前,我本来打算把本书所获奖项和入围的奖项放在开头,展示这本书的荣誉;可待到孩子先生和小猪分别帮我整理了这本书获得的荣誉之后(在此对两人的劳动表达我最诚挚的谢意),我才发现实在是太多了,放在评论开头已不恰当,所以最后写成附录的形式,附于评论末尾...
评分Passable. More of a lone wolf adventure than a thriller or suspense, for the author hasn't put much mind into hiding/camouflaging the clues. The author uses the belief in family bonds and hatred towards political injustices to argue his case. Smart move, ot...
评分 评分 评分“走进农舍,男孩的尸体不见了。炉子上放着一个大锅,锅里在咕噜咕噜冒泡,不知炖着什么。安娜领着他(主人公帕维尔)坐到炉旁,史蒂芬盛满满的一碗递给他。他低头盯着这碗热气腾腾的汤:碗里漂着压碎的橡实,关节和一条条的肉,史蒂芬和安娜看着他,史蒂芬说道:‘你本来会死...
这是一个不错的剧本。
评分古拉格群岛的味道
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)。
评分Surprisingly good. 语言流畅,架构合理,节奏有序,扣人心弦,很好的消遣读物。
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