FOUR KINDS OF RAIN
Book ID/图书代码： 10820005B11647
English Summary/英文概要： Since the publication of his classic working-class and award-winning novel Red Baker,Robert Ward has become the most well-kown secret among both American’s literary critics and the stars of the crime-writing field.After a long hiatus in Hollywood,where he worked on such shows as Miami Vice and New York Undercover,Ward now returns with an amazing new novel —Four Kinds of Rain —that should cement his reputation as one of the finest writers in any field,crime or otherwise,in American.
Broke,recently divored,down-on-his luck Baltimore psychiatrist Bob Wells is tired of always being the good guy.But true to his code,he reaches out to his patient Emile Bardan when Emile’s paranoid delusion spin out of control.Emile is convinced someone is trying to steal his most prized possession ,the legendary Mask of Utu,which he claims is worth millions.When Bob discovers that this mask is a treasure,something in him snaps.He’tired of helping people for nothing-and he’s found a woman he’d do anything to keep.There is only solution,and what he decides to do may come as a shock even to him as he proceeds down a dark path from which there is no return.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 自从罗伯特 沃德的经典之作《穿红衣的面包师》出版以来,这部作品本身不仅获了奖,而作者罗伯特 沃德本人也成为了美国评论文学界和犯罪小说界最神秘的”新星”,后来,他在好莱坞为《迈阿密的罪恶》《纽约秘密》担任剧本写作。在阔别了小说界一段很长的时间以后，罗伯特带着他最新的力作—《四类雨》重新回到了小说界，这本书必将使他重新坐上美国犯罪小说之王的宝座。
故事的主人公是一名来自巴尔的摩的精神科医生，鲍威尔 威尔士，由于离婚使得他的心情跌落到了最低谷，这一切都使得他再下决心不再做一个乐于无偿帮助他人的好人。有一天，机会终于来了，他有一个名叫艾麦尔 巴丹的病人，患有严重的妄想症，而他手中拥有一份最值钱的财产—一个价值百万美金的面罩，而随着艾麦尔本身妄想症病情的加重，他总是疑心别人想要偷他的面罩，与此同时，鲍伯也发现那个面罩非常值钱，于是金钱的欲望和一个他愿意付出一切的女子促使这个精神科医生走上了一条黑暗的不归之路。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Robert Ward is the author of seven previous novels,including the NEA Grant Award-winning Shedding Skin,and Red Baker,which won the Pen West Award for Best Novel of 1985.That book led producers Drvid Milch and Jeff Lewis to bring him to Hollywood to write and produce the award-winning show Hill Street Blues.Mr Ward also served as co-executive producerof Miami vice,with Michael Mann,and New York Undercover,with Dick Wolf.Mr Ward now spends his full time writing fiction.He is the father of four boys and lives with his wife ,Celeste Wesson,and son Robbie in Los Angeles.
罗伯特 沃德曾经写过七部小说，其中包含了获得美国教育协会奖的作品《隐蔽的皮肤》以及获得1985年西部执笔最佳小说奖的《穿红衣的面包师》，正是由于《穿红衣的面包师》使制片人戴尔维 麦旭夫和杰夫 路易斯的注意并将他介绍进了获奖影片《小山 街道 贵族》的剧组从事写作和制片工作，与此同时，他和米歇尔 麦那共同制作了影片《迈阿密阴谋》，与迪克 沃尔夫共同制作了影片《纽约风暴》，现在的罗勃特 沃德专心致志的从事小说写作，他和他的妻子以及四个孩子现在居住在洛杉矶。
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