SCREWED-UP LIFE OF CHARLIE THE SECOND

Book ID/图书代码： 14780008B23729

English Summary/英文概要： Being Charles James Stewart, Jr., AKA Charlie the Second, means never “fitting in.” Tall, gangly and big-eared, he could be a poster boy for teenage geeks. An embarrassment to his parents (he’s not too crazy about them, either), Charlie is a virtual untouchable at his high school, where humiliation is practically an extracurricular activity. Charlie has tried to fit in, but all of his efforts fail on a glorious, monumental scale. He plays soccer—mainly to escape his home life—but isn’t accepted by his teammates who basically ignore him on the field. He still confuses the accelerator with the brake pedal and as a result, has not only failed his driving exam six times, but also almost killed himself and his driving instructor. He can’t work on his college essay without writing a searing tell-all. But what’s freaking Charlie out the most is that while his hormones are raging and his peers are pairing off, he remains alone with his fantasies. But all of this is about to change when a new guy at school begins to liven things up on the soccer team—and in Charlie’s life. For the first time in his seventeen years, Charlie will learn how it feels to be a star, well, at least off the field. But Charlie discovers that even cool guys have problems as he embarks on a deliciously sexy, risk-filled journey from which there is no turning back…

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 少男版《刺蝟的優雅》，比《巧克力戰爭》更發人深省！

青少年有什麼樣的煩惱呢？年輕的查理是那種姥姥不疼、舅舅不愛，平凡又惹人嫌的青少年。他有對招風耳，身材不協調的瘦高抽長，與外界和同儕格格不入，是個典型的青少年怪胎。他優秀的雙親覺得這孩子太麻煩，而且令人尷尬。更慘的是，他發現自己居然愛上了新來的同班同學，一個校園足球明星。查理因為這個新同學，在足球隊或班上，從坐冷板凳、被忽略的不起眼學生，一躍成為人們崇拜的偶像。生活與感情的劇烈變化、律師父親參選政治人物與大獲全勝、來自猶太裔保守家庭的同學，對同性戀莫名奇妙的恐懼、暗戀對象的女友是個可愛得讓人無法忌妒的女孩…在查理充滿了廢話與瑣事的喃喃自語裡，他不斷拋出對自己與對他人的質疑：我是誰？我真的是他人眼中的那個我嗎？(TT)

Awards/获奖情况：A gay Lutheran teen, Charles James Stewart II (aka Smart-ass) chronicles a very memorable senior year at South High in Crystal Lake, Ill. Named after his aspiring state’s attorney dad (whom he calls First), Charlie uses journal entries to chart his feelings with typical teen angst: griping about his parents, describing his unrequited passion for straight friend Bink Binkmeyer and skewering school. His less private tirades soon land him in trouble with Mrs. Bailey, a New Agey English teacher, and with icky fellow student Kyle Weir, a homophobic anti-Semite. The most hilariously heated entries depict falling in love for the first time with Rob Hunt (whose mother, Kathy, is in quite serious condition with ALS). Throughout the diary, Charlie keeps revising his college application essay, and it’s not easy for him to watch his parents’ marital troubles during First’s campaign—or just to be a gay 17. Ferguson’s exuberant portrait successfully re-creates coming-of-age’s dizzy heat. ---From Publishers Weekly
"A terrific debut novel. Drew Ferguson is one of the most authentic new voices in contemporary fiction." --- Steve Kluger, author of Almost Like Being in Love and My Most Excellent Year
"Drew Ferguson’s debut novel is equally funny and smart, and will strike eerily familiar chords in anyone who remembers the edgy, frustrating, sex-obsessed days and nights of high school. You’ll love his narrator, Charlie, and you’ll also love this book." --- Scott Heim, author of Mysterious Skin and We Disappear
"Look out Napoleon Dynamite, here comes Charlie the Second! In this page-turning laugh riot, Drew Ferguson captures the voice of today’s teen conquering the daily drudge that is life in the Midwest. Colorfully candid, unapologetically explicit, yet touchingly tender, The Screwed-Up Life of Charlie the Second serves as a reminder to those who’ve escaped from small town USA as to the reasons why!" --- Frank Anthony Polito, author of Band Fags!
"The Screwed-Up Life of Charlie the Second is a funny, honest and engaging book, told with attitude and style. Drew Ferguson is a talented writer with great comic timing, and an eye for the absurd." --- Bart Yates, author of Leave Myself Behind and The Brothers Bishop
"Written in a fast-paced diary format Ferguson has created a beautiful and moving novel that literally has you laughing out loud one moment and shedding tears the next." --- Arthur Wooten, author of On Picking Fruit and Fruit Cocktail
總是把生活搞砸的查理二世，在給教授的大學申請函裡，提出再睿智不過的至理名言：「這封信本來該告訴您我有多棒，如果我成為您的學生，您會有多少利多，比方我將被列入傑出校友名單，您未來可以向我『擋』些研究經費來花花之類的…」、「但在我寫更多天花亂墜之前，讓我斗膽問您，寫這封申請函到底有什麼意義？我們兩個心裡都有數，申請函上用胡謅唬爛出來的那個學生，根本不是我。還有，叫一個青少年講清楚自己是什麼，不是一件很荒謬的事情嗎?我要是講得清楚我是什麼，那我還上大學幹嘛？」

About the Author/作者介绍： Drew Ferguson received his MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia College, Chicago. His work has appeared in Blithe House Quarterly, The James White Review, Hair Trigger, The Great Lawn and other publications. He lives in Chicago.
作者是文學創作科班出身，文字充滿芝加哥人的獨特幽默與慧黠。在這部小說裡，他運用了日記、大學申請函、甚至模仿課後學習單的形式，對讀者與書中角色發出各種稀奇古怪、深淺不一的問題，令人捧腹。作家以各種簡潔文體，交融實驗出一部成長小說，挑戰大人觀點，也譏諷青少年圈子的荒謬文化。

Format:TRADE PAPERBACK

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