BLOOD OF PARADISE: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 01240007B10774

English Summary/英文概要： El Salvador: America’s great Cold War success story and the model for Iraq’s fledgling democracy–if one ignores the grinding poverty, the corruption, the spiraling crime, and a murder rate ranked near the top in the hemisphere. This is where Jude McManus works as an executive protection specialist, currently assigned to an American engineer working for a U.S. consortium.
Ten years before, at age seventeen, he saw his father and two Chicago cop colleagues arrested for robbing street dealers. The family fell apart in the scandal’s wake, his disgraced dad died under suspicious circumstances, and Jude fled Chicago to join the army and forge a new life.
Now the past returns when one of his father’s old pals appears. The man is changed–he’s scarred, regretful, self-aware–and he helps Jude revisit the past with a forgiving eye. Then he asks a favor–not for himself, but for the third member of his dad’s old crew.
Even though it’s ill-considered, Jude agrees, thinking he can oblige the request and walk away, unlike his father. But he underestimates the players and the stakes and he stumbles into a web of Third World corruption and personal betrayal where everything he values–and everyone he loves–is threatened. And only the greatest of sacrifices will save them.
“This big, brawny novel runs on full throttle from first to last page. Brutal and heartrendering, eloquent and important, this is a fully engrossing read.”–Michael Connelly
“A Quiet American for the new century. Angry and impassioned, Blood of Paradise is that rare beast: a work of popular fiction that is both serious and thrilling.”
–John Connolly, New York Times bestselling author of Every Dead Thing
“David Corbett is a supremely gifted writer and Blood of Paradise reminds me of a Robert Stone novel. Its lyrical prose and exotic setting filled with damaged souls grasping for redemption any way they can combine in a tour de force that will haunt you long after you reach the end.”
–Denise Hamilton, nationally bestselling author of Prisoner of Memory
“If you’re looking for the best in contemporary crime fiction, this is it.”
–The Washington Post, on Done for a Dime

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 薩爾瓦多除了是美國冷戰時期成功的典範外，也是伊拉克實行民主制度的範本，但是沒有可以任何人忽視這個貧窮、貪污腐敗、與日劇增的犯罪率及謀殺案件全球排名第一的國家。主角Jude McManus任務是執行美國工程師在薩爾瓦多的保護工作。十年前，Jude在十七歲的那年他親眼看見父親和他兩位芝加哥的警察同事因逮捕街頭的毒販反而被誣陷，他那蒙受羞辱的父親也因而鬱鬱寡歡離開的人世，為了擺脫過往痛苦的回憶，他離開芝加哥加入了軍隊，想要重新開始他的新生活。不過隨著父親舊同事的出現，一切似乎又重新回來…

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About the Author/作者介绍： David Corbett曾在舊金山知名徵信社Palladino & Sutherland擔任調查員一職長達十五年之久，參與過的案子包含1992年林肯儲貸公司(Lincoln Savings and Loan)破產案、麥克傑克森(Michael Jackson)的男童性侵案等，之後他到妻子Terri的律師事務所幫忙，直到2001年時，妻子因癌症離逝前的六個禮拜，他出版第一部作品The Devil’s Redhead，此書一推出便廣受好評，更雙雙入圍2002年美國安東尼(Anthony Awards)及巴瑞(Barry Award)兩項大獎的年度最佳首作獎(Best First Novel)。而接下來的作品Done for a Dime更被華盛頓郵報(The Washington Post)評選為最佳當代犯罪小說(the best in contemporary crime fiction)、紐約時報年度矚目書籍(New York Times Notable Book)及入圍2003年麥克維提最佳小說獎(Macavity Award for Best Novel of 2003)。2007年的新作Blood of Paradise則被許多書評家拿來與格雷安‧葛林(Graham Greene，英國當代作家，曾獲提名諾貝爾文學獎21次)及羅伯特‧史東(Robert Stone，美國虛構小說家)相提並論，華盛頓郵報也將其評選為2007年度十大懸疑及驚悚小說之一(Top Ten Mysteries and Thrillers of 2007)。目前他的第四部小說也即將完成，定持續構思第五部作品的雛形。
For fifteen years, David worked for the San Francisco private investigation firm of Palladino & Sutherland, and played a significant part in a number of high-profile criminal and civil litigations, including the Lincoln Savings & Loan Case, The DeLorean Trial, the Coronado Company marijuana indictments, The Cotton Club Murder Case, The People’s Temple Trial, the first Michael Jackson child molestation case, and a RICO civil litigation brought by the Teamsters against former union leaders associated with organized crime—as well as numerous other drug, murder, and fraud cases.
In 1995, he eased out of private investigation work to serve as office manager and "Man Friday" for his wife, Terri, as she launched her own law practice, specializing in probate litigation, estate planning, and small business law. (For more on Terri, see Cesidia on this website.) She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in September, 2000, and in January, 2001, passed away at age 46.
Six weeks before Terri’s death, Ballantine purchased David’s first novel, The Devil’s Redhead. Widely praised, it was nominated for both the Anthony and Barry Awards for Best First Novel of 2002. His follow-up, Done for a Dime, was also broadly acclaimed ("the best in contemporary crime fiction"—The Washington Post), was named a New York Times Notable Book, and was nominated for the Macavity Award for Best Novel of 2003. He’s followed up with 2007’s Blood of Paradise, which has been compared to the work of Graham Greene and Robert Stone, and was selected one of the Top Ten Mysteries and Thrillers of 2007 by the Washington Post. He’s also penned numerous articles and stories—one of which, "It Can Happen," from San Francisco Noir, was nominated for the Macavity Award for Best Short Story of 2005. He is currently at work finishing his fourth novel, and expects to begin his fifth shortly. A non-fiction account of his late wife’s last weeks alive, their marriage, and the grieving process, is also in the works. He continues to reside in Northern California.

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