STARS ARE STARS
Book ID/图书代码： 11320006B01204
English Summary/英文概要： At the age of fifteen Danny May has just one dream:to be an artist, and to go--like John Lennon before him--to Liverpool Art School.Living in Toxteth with his mother and five sister, Danny meets Nicole and falls in love.She’s clever,politically aware and astonished at how unworldly an inner-city kid can be.
In the autumn of 1980 Danny receives the devastating news that the Art School’s funding has been withdrawn by the new Tory government.He slides into apathy,robbing,drug dependency. Nicole stands by him,trying desperately to break his depression, but when he burgles her parents’ house she abandons him and leaves for Paris.
Then,in July 1981,he finds himself sucked into the longest, most exhilarating and frightening day of his life.Set on fire by rioters,Toxteth is ablaze.Danny,transfixed,starts to paint versions of the same picture,over and over again.His subject is Toxteth in flames.
He writes to Nicole, a cry for help.She hears him and tracks him down...
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Danny May在十五岁的时候只有一个梦想就是：成为一名艺术家，就像之前的John Lennon，到利物浦艺术大学去进行深造学习。Danny与母亲和五个姐姐住在Toxteth，在那里，他遇见了Nicole，并与她深深陷入了爱河。Nicole是个聪明，具有政治头脑的女孩，Danny惊讶于这么个乡下丫头怎会具有如此非凡的才华。1980年的秋天，Danny收到消息，因国家新保守党政府的成立，艺术学校的教育资金全被罢免了，这对于他来说，犹如晴天霹雳。自此以后，Danny开始日渐的意志消沉，抢劫，吸毒。而Nicole始终陪伴在他的身边支持着他，拼命地想要让他重新燃烧起对生命的希望，但是最后当Danny竟然跑到她父母的房子入室抢劫时，Nicole放弃他了，并离开了这个伤心地，去了巴黎。
1981年的七月，Danny发现自己一直沉沦在漫长、担惊受怕的日子里。这时，Toxteth又被暴民放火烧成了灰烬。过往的岁月在Danny的眼前一幕幕的晃悠着，一遍又一遍，他把这写成了一本书，名字就叫狂热的Toxteth。
Danny给Nicole写了一封信哭诉，Nicole一听Danny的遭遇，又义无返顾的打算回去找他...
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About the Author/作者介绍： Kevin Sampson lives and works on Merseyside. He is the author of six novels--Awaydays, Powder, Leisure, Outlaws, Clubland and Freshers. His first novel, Awaydays, is currently being adapted for the screen.
Kevin Sampson在麦西赛得生活和工作。他著有六本书《Awaydays》、《Powder》、《Leisure》、《Outlaws》、《Clubland》、《Freshers》。他的首部小说《Awaydays》已被拍成了电影。
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