OFF AND RUNNING
Book ID/图书代码： 02335016B87769
English Summary/英文概要： Imagine an Elmore Lenoard story, inspired by Bob Hope and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Got the picture? Now we’re off & running… Struggling writer Jack Dillon’s personal and professional life is falling apart…until he gets a lucrative gig writing the biography of TV comedy icon Walt Stuckey, who mysteriously walked away from Hollywood at the height of his popularity…and left his millions of fans wondering why for decades. Now Walt’s going to answer the tantalizing question, assuring that his biography will become a massive bestseller and Jack’s salvation. But when Walt is finally ready to tell Jack his big secret, things go terribly, unpredictably wrong, pushing the desperate author into kidnapping…becoming a fugitive chased by the police, the FBI, the news media, a crazed assassin, and Walt’s talentless & psychopathic son…just to finish the book. It’s a brutally original, crazy ride through California, Death Valley and TV history as Jack tries to solve the mystery and craft a perfect finale that doesn’t end with him going to prison… or to his grave.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 想象一个由埃尔莫尔•伦纳德编剧，由鲍勃•霍普主演，由昆汀•塔伦蒂诺执导的故事。想象出那副画面了吗？就是这样一个故事…
努力奋斗的作家杰克•狄龙的个人和职业生活分崩离析…直到他得到一份报酬丰厚的工作，为电视喜剧偶像沃尔特•斯塔基写传记，他在事业的高峰期突然离开了好莱坞…让他数百万的粉丝们疑惑了几十年。现在，沃尔特准备回答这个诱人的问题，并确保他的传记将成为非常成功的畅销书，杰克也会得到救赎。但当沃尔特终于准备告诉杰克他的大秘密时，事情变得糟糕，发生了意料之外的错误，将绝望的作者推向绑架…成为被警察，FBI，新闻媒体，一个疯狂杀手，以及沃尔特无能和变态儿子的追捕的逃犯…只是为了完成了这本书。这是一个非常原始和疯狂的逃亡，穿越了加利福尼亚，死亡谷和电视史，杰克试图解开这个谜，打造一个完美的结局，而不是把自己送进监狱或坟墓。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：提名埃德加和安东尼奖
“菲利普•里德这本巧妙的小说将让读者从读到第一个文字就开始不停地逃亡，直到读完整本书才会停下。”——里德•法瑞尔•科尔曼，纽约时报畅销书《罗伯特•B•帕克的盲点》”的作者
“非常优秀的推力大师。”——纽约时报
“离奇的演艺家庭的功能障碍为疯狂的情节提供了合理性，最终涉及到媒体沙皇威廉•帕利，贝贝•雷博佐和尼克松白宫的肮脏骗子。无论如何，这一切都起作用了。很有趣，”–书目
NOMINATED FOR THE EDGAR AND ANTHONY AWARDS
“Philip Reed’s smartly written novel will have readers off and running from the first word and they won’t stop until the pages run out,” –Reed Farrell Coleman, New York Times Bestselling author of Robert B. Parker’s Blind Spot “A major virtuoso of mystery.” –New York Times
“Bizarre showbiz-family dysfunction offers plausibility to the wild plot, which ultimately involves media czar William Paley, Bebe Rebozo, and the dirty tricksters in the Nixon White House. Somehow it all works. Great fun,” –Booklist
About the Author/作者介绍： 菲利普•里德以前是警察记者，后来转向写推理小说，非小说类书籍、戏剧和电影剧本。里德的第一部小说是惊悚片《捕鸟犬》，被埃德加和安东尼奖提名，七次被好莱坞选中。他的其他著作包括《趴地跳跳车》，《马奎斯•德•弗洛》《自由投掷》以及《致胜王牌》，最后一本是非小说类书籍，记述了在全国各地的赌场用一个专业纸牌计数器玩二十一点的一年。他住在加利福尼亚的长滩，是Edmunds.com的编辑。
Philip Reed is a former police reporter who turned to writing mysteries, non-fiction books, plays and screenplays. Reed’s first novel, the “car noir” thriller, Bird Dog, was nominated for the Edgar and Anthony awards and optioned by Hollywood seven times. His many other books include Low Rider, Marquis de Fraud, Free Throw, and Wild Card, a non-fiction account of a year spent playing blackjack in casinos across the country with a professional card counter. He lives in Long Beach, California and is an editor at Edmunds.com.
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