STRANDED

Book ID/图书代码： 05430008B21559

English Summary/英文概要： ‘There are stories here which will make you shudder, and which will linger long in the mind.’ Ian Rankin
White nights of passion and revenge in St. Petersburg. A bingo-hall tyrant trapped by masked intruders. The sleazy flipside of the international publishing scene. An author succumbing to the deadly lure of cybersex.
Stranded demonstrates yet again the scope of Val McDermid’s imagination, her versatility as a stylist and her immense powers as a storyteller. As well as McDermid’s popular series character, private eye Kate Brannigan, this diverse collection contains narrative voices, both female and male, from different continents and an eclectic range of backgrounds.
McDermid has chosen the short-story form to probe not only the motivations of the criminal underworld but also the nature of crime itself, all the time playing with crime-writing and pushing it to its limits. There are even occasions where McDermid defies the genre altogether and the collection is framed by two stories that show a writer exploring fresh territory.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本書收錄了Val McDermid的一些短篇小說，展示了作者豐富的想像力，作為文體學家的多才多藝以及超強的故事感染力。
伊恩.蘭金為本選集作序。（徐曼曼）

Awards/获奖情况：McDermid’s series of unrelated short stories has its strengths and weaknesses. Furthermore, the audio format often spotlights the unevenness of the genre. The listener hopes for more during one of the better efforts and sighs with relief when a less interesting tale is concluded. Fortunately, STRANDED features far more hopes than sighs, as do the performances of Vari Sylvester and Gordon Griffin, who take turns reading. Sylvester’s style is more compelling and more intense. On the other hand, Griffin reads with a more understated style that allows McDermid’s words to shine. While not a classic, STRANDED almost certainly will have a few stories that appeal to almost every listener. D.J.S. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine

About the Author/作者介绍： Val McDermid was educated at Oxford and worked as a journalist for several years. Her novel THE MERMAIDS SINGING won the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year in 1995. A PLACE OF EXECUTION was shortlisted for the 1999 Gold Dagger Award and was nominated for the Edgar Award 2001. She lives in Cheshire and has just completed her fifth Tony Hill psychological thriller.

Format:TRADE PAPERBACK

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