ISLAND TEMPEST
Book ID/图书代码： 11720005B06086
English Summary/英文概要： Frank Pitchard has recently been leading a quiet, rather depressed existence-even though he lives on Eden, an exclusive resort island community off the coast of Florida. Forced into retirement after his company was taken over and "reorganized," he spends his days sitting outside, reading The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook, thinking about his loving deceased wife, and dreaming up ways to get back at the corporate raiders. One bright spot is the lithe and beautiful Ariel, his wife’s nurse, who’s been hanging around since her death. Another is Randi, an Eden trophy wife currently between husbands. She gives Frank a set of binoculars and introduces him to bird-watching. However, Frank uses the binoculars to spy on Cal Barlow, his crippled next-door neighbor, and one day sees him sitting in his wheelchair, cradling a blue-steel pistol.
The two men strike up a friendship soon afterward, when Cal happens upon Frank pushing a golf cart into the lake. An odd partnership develops. What Frank doesn’t know is that Cal is an ex-mobster in witness protection-and that he’s sleeping with Randi right under Frank’s nose. And Cal doesn’t seem to realize that there’s an assassin on his tail and that the Feds aren’t far behind.
In this wicked and sharply drawn tale of the shady places between good and evil, Michael Mewshaw once again proves himself to be a storyteller of boundless talent.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在这部嘻哈喧闹的幽默悬念小说中，一群生活在封闭社区里的居民们平时总是小偷小摸，搞点报复行动，但这些小麻烦正蠢蠢欲动，演化成更邪恶的东西。
尽管生活在佛罗里达海岸边度假胜地岛屿的一个名为伊甸园的高级社区里，Frank Pitchard最近的生活相当平静，平静的似乎有点压抑。现在公司被人收购重组了，Frank被逼得提前退休，成天坐在外头看畅销小说《逃出生天》，一边思念着自己忘妻，一边想着怎样报复这些商场上的魔鬼。在无聊的生活中突然出现了一个亮点，她就是温柔美丽的Ariel，Ariel是他老婆的私人护士，自从Frank老婆死了之后，她就一直没有离开过，另一个亮点是Randi，她可是伊甸园的头号小秘，现在还处于未婚状态。她交给Frank一副望远镜，教他如何看鸟。但是拿了望远镜的Frank可没把它拿去看鸟，他用望远镜偷偷窥视他的瘸腿隔壁邻居Cal Barlow，一天，他还看到Cal 坐在轮椅上，摆弄着一把手枪。
不久，Cal无意中撞见Frank推了把高尔夫手推车朝湖边走去，两人就这样认识了，Cal蛊惑Frank继续他的“恶作剧”，而Frank则觉得生命又迸发出了新的火花，这是一种多么畸形的关系。
但好景不常，Frank并不知道Cal曾是个歹徒，现在正被当成证人保护起来，而且还有一点让Frank大吃一惊的是，CAL居然在FRANK的鼻子底下和Randi有染。Cal本人好象也没意识到他正被人追杀，联邦特工们也跟在他的屁股后面。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Michael Mewshaw is the author of nine critically acclaimed novels and half a dozen successful books of nonfiction. Mewshaw lives in Key West and Europe.
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