THE UNDERSTUDY
Book ID/图书代码： 3540016B89449
English Summary/英文概要： Recently divorced actor Stephen C. McQueen (no relation, unfortunately) seems to have a knack for bad luck. But a failed marriage, a stalled career, a judgmental ex-wife, a distant daughter, a horrid little studio apartment in the far reaches of the London suburbs–all these pathetic elements seem to pale in the chiseled face of his newest tormentor: the Twelfth Sexiest Man in the World, Josh Harper.
Josh is the star of Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know, a biographical play about Lord Byron–and Stephen is his understudy. Not only is Josh fantastically, infuriatingly good-looking, internationally renowned, and remarkably talented, he’s also frustratingly healthy. No matter how many all-night booze-and-coke benders Josh goes on, he always shows up at the stage door for his call like clockwork. Stephen doubts he’ll ever get his chance to slip on the puffy shirt and tight breeches of Byron and tread the boards in the role that would certainly be the break he’s always waited for.
And just when Stephen’s sure he couldn’t resent Josh more, he meets Josh’s witty, restless American wife, Nora . . . and discovers he likes her a little too much. Another man might curse his luck at finding that his potential dream woman is a rival’s wife, but at this point, Stephen would expect nothing else. Caught between his stirring feelings for Nora, the demands of an insistent and secretive Josh, and his lifelong desire for a real career in show business, Stephen must make a terrible decision: Will it be the girl or the fame?
A hapless, bumbling bloke in love, an arrogant megastar with a potpourri of addictions, a sexy married woman out of her element in the fast lane–David Nicholls brings them all together in this knockout romantic comedy.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 刚刚离婚的男演员Stephen C. McQueen似乎一向运气不好。但一次失败的婚姻、一个停滞不前的事业、一个对他指手画脚的前妻、一个和他并不亲近的女儿、一套位于伦敦远郊的不怎么讨人喜欢的一室公寓……所有这些可怜的元素都让他的脸更加苍白了。再加上最新的折磨：全球最性感的男人排名第十二位的Josh Harper。
Josh是一出有关拜伦勋爵的传记舞台剧的明星主演，而Stephen是他的替补演员。Josh不仅演技如神，而且长得好看，国际知名，才华显著，还相当健康。无论前一天熬夜喝了多少酒，Josh总是准时出现在剧院门口。Stephen怀疑他永远也不会有机会穿上拜伦勋爵的衬衫和紧身马裤了，这个他一直在等待的突破性的角色和他彻底无缘。
而就在Stephen确定自己已经不能讨厌Josh更多的时候，他遇到了Josh聪明、充满活力的美国妻子Nora，而且发现自己有点太喜欢她了。Stephen面临一个可怕的决定：究竟是继续纠缠于对Nora的感情，还是孤注一掷地拼搏一个他一直期望能够拥有的事业？
恋爱中的倒霉蛋，装模做样又傲慢的超级巨星，还有一个无所适从的性感已婚女子，David Nicholls将他们一起收容在自己这部浪漫喜剧之中。(LYR)
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About the Author/作者介绍： David Alan Nicholls（1966年11月30日出生）是英国小说家和编剧。Nicholls在三个兄弟姐妹当中排行第二。他1983年到1985年就读于Barton Peveril学院，选修了以戏剧和戏剧研究为方向的课程以及英语、物理和生物；此后在大学的戏剧剧团中扮演过各种各样的角色。Colin Firth是他的同学，他们后来在电影And When Did You Last See Your Father?中合作过。80年代，Nicholls就读于布里斯托尔大学，获得了戏剧和英语的学士学位，随后前往纽约的美国音乐剧和戏剧学院接受演技培训。David Alan Nicholls (born 30 November 1966) is an English novelist and screenwriter. Nicholls is the middle of three siblings. He attended Barton Peveril sixth-form college at Eastleigh, Hampshire, from 1983 to 1985 (taking A-levels in Drama and Theatre Studies along with English, Physics and Biology), and playing a wide range of roles in college drama productions. Colin Firth was at the same College and they later collaborated in And When Did You Last See Your Father?. He went to Bristol University in the 1980s (graduating with a BA in Drama and English in 1988) before training as an actor at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York.
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