THE BLADE ARTIST
Book ID/图书代码： 11320016B91037
English Summary/英文概要： Jim Francis has finally found the perfect life – and is now unrecognisable, even to himself. A successful painter and sculptor, he lives quietly with his wife, Melanie, and their two young daughters, in an affluent beach town in California. Some say he’s a fake and a con man, while others see him as a genuine visionary.
But Francis has a very dark past, with another identity and a very different set of values. When he crosses the Atlantic to his native Scotland, for the funeral of a murdered son he barely knew, his old Edinburgh community expects him to take bloody revenge. But as he confronts his previous life, all those friends and enemies – and, most alarmingly, his former self – Francis seems to have other ideas.
When Melanie discovers something gruesome in California, which indicates that her husband’s violent past might also be his psychotic present, things start to go very bad, very quickly.
The Blade Artist is an elegant, electrifying novel – ultra violent but curiously
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Jim Francis 最终找到了完美生活。作为一名成功的画家兼雕塑家，他与妻子Melanie和两个女儿居住在加利福尼亚一座富裕的海滩城镇。有些人说他是骗子，而有些人则将他看作真正的智者。
但是，Francis的过去十分黑暗，过去他有着另外一个身份以及完全不同的价值观。当他跨越大西洋回到自己的出生地苏格兰、参加被谋杀的儿子的葬礼时，爱丁堡当地社区以为他可能要开始复仇。但是，当他面对从前的生活、那些朋友和敌人——以及从前的他——Francis 似乎有了其他的主意。
当Melanie发现加利福尼亚的一些阴森可怕的事情后，意味着她的丈夫暴力的过去可能成为他患精神病的当下，事情开始变得非常糟糕。
《刀刃艺术家》是一部语言优美、令人兴奋的小说——非常暴力但却充满好奇。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：“小说黑暗、阴森、引人入胜。”
“这是一部类似战争片或西部片的惊悚小说，体裁中蕴含着宏大的主题。”——Alan Bett Skinny
“一部极端暴力的冒险旅程。”
“小说情节紧张、令人兴奋，作者Welsh奉上了一部非常有趣的著作。小说人物生理和心理上受到强烈的挣扎。非常心酸、发人深省的作品，极力推荐。”—— Hyde 先生
“本书代表了作者Welsh的巅峰之作：有趣、阴森污秽、而又不失文学韵味。”——Sam Parker Esquire
"Back to his violent best... Dark, gruesome and captivating." Esquire "It’s a thriller in the mode of Tarantino making war films or westerns; hiding grand themes within genre." -- Alan Bett Skinny "An ultra-violent odyssey through the darkest recesses of urban life." Hot Press "Intense, electrifying... Welsh has delivered a tremendously entertaining book - a whodunit, a thriller, and a probing character study - that’s obsessed with conflict, both physical and mental... A surprisingly poignant, evocative read - highly recommended." Mr Hyde "This has the makings of ’peak Welsh’: funny, filthy, literary smack." -- Sam Parker Esquire
About the Author/作者介绍： IRVINE WELSH 之前撰写过九部小说和四部短篇小说。他目前居住在芝加哥。
IRVINE WELSH is the author of nine previous novels and four books of shorter fiction. He currently lives in Chicago.
Format:TRADE PAPERBACK
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)
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