YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE EVIL TO WORK HERE,BUT IT HELPS

Book ID/图书代码： 12751007B12580

English Summary/英文概要： Colin Hollinghead is a young man going nowhere fast. Working for his dad might have seemed like a good idea at the time, but starting at the bottom in the widget-making industry has, predictably, lost its appeal. And now the business is in trouble. At least his father has a plan to turn things around—a new work force that will improve profit margins and secure the company’s future for all eternity. The deal looks great on paper, but they do say that the devil is in the detail—and the arch fiend definitely seems to be involved in some capacity. Colin needs help. Perhaps his new friend from J.W. Wells & Co. (Practical and Effective Magicians, Sorcerers and Supernatural Consultants) can help…Sparkling with wit and oozing charm, Tom Holt’s new comic caper proves once and for all that going to work actually can be hell.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一個蠢小子，在唯利是圖的老爸公司裡，能有什麼出息呢？不受爹爹疼愛的柯林認為老爸增加營業利潤的計劃裡藏有惡魔！異想天開的他，聯合了他所信賴的新朋友──魔術師、巫師還有超自然異能者，一起展開搶救「祖產」的「壯烈」行動！(TT)

Awards/获奖情况：2008法蘭克福書展矚目作家,創作路數多元,集科幻、圖像與哲理、搞怪天才於一身

About the Author/作者介绍： Tom Holt was born in London in September 1961. At Oxford he studied bar billiards, ancient Greek agriculture and the care and feeding of small, temperamental Japanese motorcycle engines; interests which led him, perhaps inevitably, to qualify as a solicitor and emigrate to Somerset, where he specialised in death and taxes for seven years before going straight in 1995. Now a full-time writer, Tom lives in Somerset, with his wife, one daughter and the unmistakable scent of blood, wafting in on the breeze from the local meat-packing plant. Well known for his acclaimed comic novels, Holt has also published a volume of poetry (at the age of thirteen) and two sequels to E.F. Benson’s Lucia series. These are now out of print. He has also written five historical novels under the name Thomas Holt.
Tom Holt is also the author of such comic fantasy classics as Valhalla, Nothing But Blue Skies, and Snow White and the Seven Samurai.
In 2006, Tom was one of a range of bestselling writers, including Joanna Trollope, Maeve Binchy and Richard Branson, who took part in Quick Reads, a major literacy initiative for World Book Day. For further information visit www.worldbookday.com.
和歐巴馬同一年出生的Tom Holt是英國人，出生於倫敦，但在牛津長大。怪咖成性的他十三歲就出版詩集，卻也和一般八０年代的青年一樣，泡在酒吧的球檯之間，對日本機車小而有氣質的精緻引擎，懷抱著高度興趣，除此之外，他還著迷於古希臘的建築…後來為了謀生，他遷回倫敦近郊討生活，但不甘寂寞的Tom Holt，在那裡再度重新迷上了特殊議題，像是死亡或者稅賦…等等，直到七年後才脫離這些嚴肅討論，走回「人生的正途」。Tom Holt有很多漫畫小說，他也是以此聞名，現在和妻女住在倫敦近郊的他是一個全職作家，除了詩、以及詼諧又聰明絕頂的漫畫小說創作之外，他的另一項寫作天賦是科幻小說，還有奇幻作品，他同時也會以Thomas Holt為筆名，寫歷史小說，目前已經有超過五部以上的作品。他是少數暢銷、有文學天份、玩世不恭、卻又積極參與社會事物的作家，他也與其他英國重量級作家們，如《山楂林的故事》作者Maeve Binchy等人，推動世界書香日的相關活動，其幽默直逼蕭伯納，其對人群的關懷，跟隨馮內果的腳步，作品常發人深省卻又不失趣味。
Tom Holt官方網站：http://www.tom-holt.com/about.htm

Format:HARDCOVER

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：

原文第一章内容：暂无

手稿：暂无

大纲：暂无