THE GOOD MAYOR
Book ID/图书代码： 01890007B19108
English Summary/英文概要： This magical debut novel is a love story. It is also a story of loss, magic, friendship, wonderful food, a brass band, an Italian witch, a large lawyer, an occasional dog and a car chase at a walking pace. Set in the little town of Dot in a forgotten part of the Baltic, it tells the life of Tibo Krovic, the good and honest mayor of Dot, and his love for his secretary, the beautiful, lonely - and married - Mrs. Agathe Stopak. In the quiet, respectable town there is nothing that Tibo can do about his love for Mrs. Stopak. Then one day, when she accidentally drops her lunch into a fountain, everything changes - and their lives will never be the same. Read The Good Mayor and fall in love again.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 你有多久沒嚐到愛請的美好?
這是一個感人肺腑、叩人心絃的愛情故事。
讓人體會又喚起著愛情的溫馨美好。 一座平和寧靜，波羅的海小城鎮都朵，向來為人正直的鎮長柯維克迷戀上內心孤獨卻又美麗的秘書雅坎絲，但阻礙在兩人感情間的，是雅坎絲已婚的事實。這段戀曲深深折磨著柯維克，兩人的愛情要如何發展?
一部融合愛情、失落、魔幻、友誼等種種感人元素。為了心愛的人，你是否能放下一切，奮不顧身……
作者第2本著作 July 2009 出版
英國各界一致盛讚推薦(CL)
Awards/获奖情况：Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award 2008
Andrew Nicoll is destined to become a major voice in UK literature
蘇格蘭知名年度最佳圖書獎
新生代英國文學的“新主流” ◆Number 3 in the UK-national paperback Top Ten◆
◆The Waterstone Scottish Top Ten in its first week◆
版權已售: 14 國
* HarperCollins, Australia; / Sold over 13,000 copies for HarperCollins in Australia in two months. (澳洲兩月之內銷售13,000本)
* Hakusuisha Publishing, Japan; 日本版權售出的這家出版社 Hakusuisha (文學出版社) 是專出重要大文豪的出版社 例如J.D. Salinger, John Barth, Julian Barnes, Paul Auster, Kurt Vonnegut, Steven Millhauser, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Antonio Tabucchi 等等
* Rowohlt, Germany
* Timee Editions, France
* Bilge Kültür Sanat , Turkey
* Bantam Dell, US
* Vintage, Canada
* Kinneret-Zmora Publishing, Israel
* De Boekerij, Netherlands
* Gummerus Publishers, Finland
* Schibsted Forlag, Norway
* Schibsted Forlag, Sweden
* Olga Morozova Publishing, Russia
* Presenca, Portugal
* Large Print for UK & Commonwealth incl. Canada sold to BBC Books, UK
* Audio rights for UK & Commonwealth incl. Canada sold to BBC Audio Books, UK
* Paperback rights for UK & Commonwealth excl ANZ and Canada sold to Vintage UK
No question - the non-fiction book of the year is Richard Holmes’s Age of Wonder (HarperCollins), not only beautifully written, but also kicking open a new perspective on the Romantic age, as scientific and artistic thinking began to diverge. But please let me also mention The Legend of Colton H Bryant (Simon & Schuster) by Alexandra Fuller, which is brilliant, moving and almost a new form - factually true fiction. And for fiction, a newcomer, Andrew Nicholl’s The Good Mayor, a story of dreaming and loss, magical realism from Scotland. You will not be disappointed.---The Observer
The Good Mayor Andrew Nicoll. Bantam, $15 paper (368p) ISBN 978-0-385-34312-1
With the expertise of a seasoned writer, Nicoll spins a whimsical love story in his debut novel. Tibo Krovic has been the mayor of Dot, a small town in an unnamed country on the Baltic Sea, for 20 years. He’s hopelessly in love with his secretary, Agathe Stopak, who’s miserable in a loveless marriage with her drunkard husband. After consulting a psychic, Agathe begins to see the good mayor in a new light, and after the two tiptoe around each other for weeks, Tibo gets up the courage to ask Agathe out for lunch. But being the good man he is, he finds it difficult to cross any other boundaries with a married woman, even as tension builds between them. Meanwhile, Agathe gets tired of waiting for Tibo to make his move and stumbles into a mistake that could have very far-ranging consequences. Told with fantastical detail, delightful insights and a touch of humor, this fairy taleish romance is a genuine treat. (Sept.) -Chris09/7/14
About the Author/作者介绍： Andrew Nicoll 英國新銳作家。在報章雜誌發表過許多短篇文章。而他的第一本長篇小說，屢屢被出版社回絕出書，歷經兩年才出版卻立刻受到多方肯定。
Format:PROOF
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