STATE OF THE UNION

Book ID/图书代码： 11701219C00063

English Summary/英文概要： *THE SIDE-SPLITTING NEW COMIC SHORT FROM ONE OF BRITAIN’S BEST-LOVED WRITERS, NOW A MAJOR BBC TV SERIES*

Each week, Tom and Louise meet for a quick drink in the pub before they go to meet their marriage counsellor. Married for years and with two children, a recent incident has exposed the fault lines in their relationship in a way that Tom, for one, does not wish to think about.

In the ten minutes in the pub they talk about the agenda for the session, what they talked about last week, what they will definitely not talk about with the counsellor, and how much better off they are than the couple whose counselling slot immediately precedes their own.

Over the ten weeks that follow Tom and Louise begin to wonder: what if marriage is like a computer? When you take it apart to see how it works you might just be left with a million pieces you can’t put back together . . .

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 每周，Tom和Louise在见他们的婚姻咨询师之前都会在酒吧喝上一小杯。两人结婚多年，有两个孩子。最近的一个插曲暴露了两人关系中的问题，这令Tom不敢想象。

在酒吧里的10分钟，他们会讨论咨询的流程，他们上周谈了什么，他们绝不会与咨询师讨论什么话题，以及比起另外一对咨询时间超过他们的夫妇，他们是多么富有。

在接下来的10周中，两人开始思考：如果婚姻就像一台电脑会怎么样？如果你将它大卸八块，试图弄明白究竟是怎么回事，最后只会剩下无数无法拼合的碎片……（LYR）

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About the Author/作者介绍： Nick Hornby，著有6部畅销小说，包括《高保真》《关于一个男孩》《如何做一个好人》《一段长长的下坡路》《朱丽叶特，躶体》《有趣的女孩》，以及一部青少年小说。他还著有多部非虚构类作品。他创作了无数剧本，包括奥斯卡提名影片《成长教育》《布鲁克林》。

Nick Hornby is the author of six bestselling novels: High Fidelity; About a Boy; How to be Good; A Long Way Down; Juliet, Naked; and Funny Girl; as well as a novel for young adults, Slam. His non-fiction includes Fever Pitch, 31 Songs, The Complete Polysyllabic Spree and Stuff I’ve Been Reading. He has written numerous screenplays including the Oscar-nominated An Education and Brooklyn.

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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：UK: Viking; US: Riverhead; France: Stock; Germany: Kiepenheuer & Witsch; Italy: Guanda

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