THE AFGHAN
Book ID/图书代码: 00470005B10850
English Summary/英文概要: When British and American intelligence catch wind of a major Al Qaeda operation in the works, they are primed for action - but what can they do? They know nothing about the attack: the what, where or when. They have no sources in Al Qaeda, and it’s impossible to plant someone. Impossible, unless ... The Afghan is Izmat Khan, a five-year prisoner of Guantanamo Bay and a former senior commander of the Taliban. The Afghan is also Colonel Mike Martin, a 25-year veteran of war zones around the world, a dark, lean man born and raised in Iraq. In an attempt to stave off disaster, the intelligence agencies will try to do what no one has ever done before - pass off a Westerner as an Arab among Arabs - pass off Martin as the trusted Khan. It will require extraordinary preparation, and then extraordinary luck, for nothing can truly prepare Martin for the dark and shifting world he is about to enter. Or for the terrible things he will find there ... "The Day of the Jackal", "The Dogs of War", "The Odessa File" - the books of Frederick Forsyth have helped define the international thriller as we know it today. Combining meticulous research with crisp narratives and plots as current as the headlines, Forsyth shows us the world as it is, in a way that few have ever been able to equal. And the world as it is today is a very scary place ...
Chinese Summary/中文概要: Frederick Forsyth 這位《豺狼的日子》(The Day of the Jackal)榮獲愛倫坡獎殊榮而聲名大噪的暢銷作家,最近有了新作品 – THE AFGHAN 《阿富汗》。
作者動筆前都會大量實地研究,比如歐洲地下軍火市場,走私武器,黑幫等等。相信沒有任何一位東方人有這樣的紮實的功夫,因為這需要非常厲害的國際政治知識,外交知識和軍事知識的背景,這也是他的文章和文風可以獨占市場的原因。
新書《阿富汗》,傳聞中即將發生的恐怖攻擊事件,因沒有其他任何消息可得知這起事件的更多細節,一名退休英國特種兵軍官馬汀隱藏自己的身份潛入基地組織進行調查,這樣的勇氣絕不輸炸彈客,他得化身為阿拉伯人,甚至還冒著身命危險假冒成基地組織的上層。當他愈深入調查,他發現這些恐怖攻擊的密謀竟是如此駭人,也許還在歡樂,言笑的人們,從沒正視過這群份子將足以搗毀整個世界。
就和Forsyth先前著品《豺狼計畫》,《戰犬》和《奧德薩檔案》一樣,作者多次實地調查,所以他前往阿富汗,巴基斯坦,依他具有的記者性格,他深入監獄裏接觸前基地組織和塔利班成員,甚至研究了《可蘭經》。所以這不僅是一本驚悚小說,對於想了解恐怖份子的世界,伊斯蘭極端主義和基地組織的內幕與運作,這可說最有臨場感的小說了!這本書的內容與日前英國破獲的恐怖攻擊事件,竟有部分情節類似,對此巧合 Forsyth 表示,他早就於兩年前便開始計畫寫作此書!
Awards/获奖情况:版權狂銷18國語言: Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, India (Marathi rights), Italy, Korea, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Turkey.
美國版 (US Putnam) 8月22日甫一上市便登上紐約時報暢銷排行榜第四名,英國版 (Bantam Press) 將於今年10月隆重登場。
他的作品全在世界已經賣掉70,000,000本,在36個國家出版。
About the Author/作者介绍: Frederick Forsyth is the author of fourteen novels and short story collections, from 1971’s The Day of the Jackal to 2003’s Avenger. A former pilot and print and television reporter, he has had five movies made from his works, and a television miniseries.
Frederick Forsyth 於 1961 年加入路透,時年 23 歲的他,非常熱切想成為國外特派員。他在路透的服務期間曾任職於巴黎及東柏林,而兩地的工作經驗也成為靈感來源,促使他後來寫出暢銷小說。
《豺狼之日》(星光, 1995出版) 這篇小說敘述了一場暗殺戴高樂的失敗行動,故事背景取材自 Frederick Forsyth 任職巴黎特派員期間的見聞。戴高樂當權時期,Frederick Forsyth 每天撰寫秘密軍隊組織 (Secret Army Organisation) 進行的爆炸、槍擊、挾持銀行等事件,以及許多暗殺戴高樂的陰謀情節。
1964 年,Frederick Forsyth 在東柏林待了約一年,報導鐵幕後的情況,當時冷戰的緊張情勢正處於最高點:古巴飛彈危機爆發;約翰‧甘迺迪在 1963 年 11 月遭槍殺身亡,兇手為從叛逃至前蘇聯的美國共產黨員。正是這個被派赴德國任職的機會,使 Frederick Forsyth 獲得撰寫《奧德賽秘密文件》(Odessa File) 的靈感。故事中描述追捕一名真實戰犯的虛構情節,Frederick Forsyth 還說歡迎書中所指涉的戰犯出面控告他。
Frederick Forsyth 於 1965 年離開路透。他在 BBC 英國廣播公司待了一段時間,並且當了一陣子的自由作家後,於 1970 年撰寫《豺狼之日》,開始了作家生涯,而且他只花了 35 天便完成此書。
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