AGENT ZIGZAG: THE TRUE WARTIME STORY OF EDDIE CHAPMAN: LOVER, BETRAYER, HERO, SPY

Book ID/图书代码： 00470006B02145

English Summary/英文概要： Eddie Chapman: rogue, criminal, confidence trickster, hero to both sides and betrayer of all. At the start of the Second World War, Chapman was recruited by the German Secret Service. He was a highly prized Nazi agent. He was also a secret spy for Britain. Genuinely courageous, able to withstand withering interrogations from both sides, Chapman was a dashing, charming and fiercely intelligent man whose talents led to a single end: breaking the rules. He wore loud suits, drove fast cars, and had a woman in every port. Yet, at the same time he was, in his own way, loyal to his lover and their child. This was a man who courted contradictions as much as he courted adventure. Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty; inside the villain was a hero; the problem for Chapman, his spymasters, and his lovers, was to know where one ended, and the other began. Macintyre has full access to all of Chapman’s manuscripts, letters and photographs. What emerges from this trove is an exhilarating true story of loyalty and betrayal, courage and cowardice, a crook who was also a hero. It is one of the most gripping untold stories of the Second World War.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： Eddie Chapman擁有很多的頭銜：背叛者、罪犯、膽大的騙子，一個兼有叛徒和英雄雙重身份的男人。在第二次世界大戰初期，Chapman被德國秘密組織錄用。他曾得過納粹特務組織內的最高獎賞，也曾是英國的秘密間諜。具備無比的勇氣，能夠抵抗兩邊殘酷無情的審問，Chapman是個勇猛、精力充沛、富有魅力、身手極其矯健的聰明男人，他的天賦造就了他的結局：打破常規。他愛穿花俏的衣服、愛開快車、處處留情。但他有自己的一套處事原則，並按照他自己的意願去做每件事，對他的情人和孩子都相當忠誠。這個愛冒險、喜歡挑戰，看似是非不斷的男人，內心裡卻是個忠誠的男人；這個許多人都認定是壞蛋的人，骨子裡卻有著英雄情節；在他的人生中，一頭的結束就表示著另一頭的開始。作者Ben Macintyre擁有Chapman完整的手稿、信件和照片。這是個關於忠誠和背叛，勇氣和懦弱的真實故事，敍述了一個既是騙子又是英雄的人物，再現第二次世界大戰，最吸引讀者目光的故事。

Awards/获奖情况：紐約時報報導: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/12/books/12grimes.html?ex=1347249600&en=93b096584c652ab8&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Taipei Times:
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2007/09/16/2003379097
** 好萊塢新線電影公司(New Line)以七位數金額打敗華納電影公司取得電影版權，將由湯姆漢克的工作室Playtone製作
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i89c150a1f93131b00399bcb5ed665b52
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20057788,00.html
** 版權已售六國: Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Turkey and the Czech Republic
** 作者擁有Eddie Chapman的親筆手稿、信件和照片
paperback sales of AGENT ZIGZAG are at about 38,000 copies and hardback at 16,000.

About the Author/作者介绍： Ben Macintyre是擅於社會觀察、歷史、間諜史的泰晤士報評論者，於每周五都有刊載他的專欄。曾寫過Adam Worth, The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief三本書。
相關資料: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Macintyre
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/
Ben Macintyre is a columnist writing for The Times newspaper. His columns range from current affairs to historical controversies. He is also the author of a book on the gentleman criminal Adam Worth, The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief.

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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)

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