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...
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,...
評分首先,我想说的是,太精彩了! 这一本读起来就让人放不下去的书,整本书从头到尾用着明确的节奏和美丽的语言,在我们的面前还原了某个时间,某个故事,某些人和他们做的那些事。 作为一个推理小说的写手,我常常会使用某些模式或者说桥段,比如:某人的恶意让他做出杀戮,或者...
評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...
評分被介绍吸引来看的,讲的是一个发生在前苏联时代的连环谋杀案。案件的侦破受当时时代的局限变得十分之棘手,“国家不承认这种案件。”调查的人也因此陷入危机。由此整本书的后半部分就变成主角为了调查案件所经历的惊险逃亡。 感觉情节上还是蛮紧凑刺激的,十分适合作为...
評分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...
finally finished,awesome thriller
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评分Best criminal novel ever read!!! The language was extremely absorbing that it took the story to another level.
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