EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE
Book ID/图书代码： 00110907B10724
English Summary/英文概要： Sharon MacDonald has a problem. It’s not being under house arrest. It’s not the Iranian guy who just fell from the twenty-fifth floor of her apartment building. It’s not even the police surveillance that’s preventing her from getting to her marijuana “grow rooms”. Sharon’s problem is a stranger named Ray: He’s too good looking, and his business proposal sounds too good to be true.
Detective Gord Bergeron has problems, too. There’s his new, hard-to-read partner, Detective Armstrong; a missing ten-year-old girl; an unidentified torso dumped in an alley; and what looks like corruption deep within the police force.
In a city where the drug, immigration, and sex industries are all inextricably intertwined, it’s only a matter of time until Sharon’s and Gord’s paths cross and all hell breaks loose in this pitch-perfect second installment of John McFetridge’s rollicking noir series.
When it turns out the Iranian guy’s got no ID, no one knows him, and a couple of the 9/11 terrorists once lived in the building, they dig deeper, trying to make connections all over the new Toronto, in the Asian massage parlours, the street-dealer-led housing projects, and the mafia-run private clubs.
Or maybe they’ll just stay close to Sharon. She knows what everybody knows. The whole world might be coming here, but this is nowhere.
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Chinese Summary/中文概要： 就像擅長描寫美國西岸下層社會陰暗面的犯罪大師經典大師詹姆士．艾洛伊筆下的洛杉磯與愛爾默．李納德（Elmore Leonard）筆下的底特律，John McFetridge呈現了多倫多這個多元文化城市底層真實面貌，充滿機會卻也龍蛇混雜、具有吸引力卻也極度危險。來自四面八方的人都聚集到這個沒有出口的城市。
作者以雙線敘事，ㄧ樁疑似謀殺案點出了多倫多許多社會問題如毒品、移民、性等。美麗的雪倫以種植大麻為生。最大的麻煩是不知該不該相信眼前這位超帥的雷。柏格倫是位跟自己新搭擋有著信任危機的警探。這兩人因為ㄧ個不明身分中東裔男子在雪倫所住的大樓墜樓身亡而相遇。
Awards/获奖情况：版權已售：US-- Harcourt (July, 2008)
Parnell Hall, author of Hitman帕內‧霍爾 著有《槍手》、《陪審員》等---“Crackling dialogue, explosive action, cops, cro oks, and the deadly setups, scams, and mind games these underworld types play. Sounds like a good Elmore Leonard novel. Reads like one, too. Enjoy.”
Ken Bruen, author of Edgar-nominated Priest.---“... just one hell of a read, takes off like a bullet and never let’s up, like a wondrous mix of Elmore Leonard and McBain but with a dazzling Canadian slant that is as fresh as it is darkly hilarious. Detective Bergeron and under-house-arrest Sharon MacDonald are just terrific creations; they leap off the page and the only flaw is the book is over before you can quite catch your breath—it’s that enthralling.”
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS reviewed by John Sullivan---“"Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is as gritty a tale of drug wars, biker gangs, pervs, hookers, bent cops and multicultural friction as you’ll find anywhere south of the border, set in the nouveau, glitz-and-greed metropolis you only thought you knew… McFetridge navigates a breathless plot punctuated by slick, staccato dialogue…. A breakout effort for McFetridge and a rude awakening for the rest of us. Toto, we’re not in your momma’s Toronto anymore."
REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE.COM reviewed by Barbara Fister---“The double helix of twisting plot lines take a breathtakingly cynical turn at the end that’s executed with exhilarating skill. It’s natural to compare McFetridge to Elmore Leonard. He has a similar deadpan humor and a knack for evoking complex, three-dimensional lives with just a few lines of dialogue. It would be equally apt to compare his examination of urban life with that of the television series, The Wire, in the way the cops and criminals operate on parallel tracks, crime and big business are synonymous, and the portrait of a city, bit by bit, comes together in all its squalid, teeming glory.”
TORONTO SUN Reviewer and award-winning novelist Joan Barfoot---“Toronto likes to think of itself as a “world-class city,’’ and at least in terms of crime and crime fiction, it’s not that far off. One illustration: John McFetridge’s Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, an absorbingly complex tale... There are wheels within wheels, plots within plots, betrayals within betrayals — along with confusions and hopes.”
THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR Mystery reviewer Don Graves---“Convincing atmospheric writing... Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is a fine summer read and has changed my time-honoured image of Toronto the Good.” full review
THE NATIONAL POST will publish five short columns by John McFetridge, author of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (9781550227550 ECW). The 250-word columns are written as part of the National Post’s weekly “Diary” feature, each will plug the author’s books. The columns are scheduled to appear the week of July 14th. In the past, such notable Canadian celebrities as Douglas Coupland, Nelly Furtado, k-os and Feist have shared their lives with Post readers.
THE TORONTO STAR ---"Canada’s answer to Elmore Leonard is going places...The title of Canadian author John McFetridge’s second crime novel is as packed with rascally attitude as the book itself."
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY---“[McFetridge is] a clear disciple of Elmore Leonard” and called the book, “a fun read."
BOOKLISTReviewer Thomas Gaughan---“Sex. Dope. Immigration. Gang war. Filmmaking. In McFetridge’s hands, Toronto might as well be the new L.A. of crime fiction.”
JANUARY MAGAZINE Reviewer Linda Richards---"...Canada’s answer to Elmore Leonard, in some ways that doesn’t even begin to cover it. If anything, McFetridge’s voice is colder, starker than Leonard’s, something likely due the fact that this Made-in-Canada author wears his nationality like a Hudson’s Bay blanket."
About the Author/作者介绍： John McFetridge became fascinated with crime when attending a murder trial at age twelve with his police officer brother. McFetridge has co-written a short story collection, Below the Line. His first novel, Dirty Sweet, was published by ECW in 2006. He lives in Toronto with his family.
John McFetridge was named as one of ten rising Canadian mystery writers to watch in the November 2007 issue of Quill & Quire.
作者網站：http://www.johnmcfetridge.ca/
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