PIGEON ENGLISH

Book ID/图书代码： 03277010B35314

English Summary/英文概要： Today there was a policeman. You weren’t allowed to talk to him. He was waiting for if the killer came back. You could see the chains hanging from his belt. You couldn’t see the gun. PIGEON ENGLISH is the story of five months in the life of twelve year old Harrison Opoku. Newly arrived from Ghana, he lives on an estate with his mother and sister, where he skips through his new life, blissfully unaware of the very real threat all around him. With equal fascination for the local gang, the Dell Farm Crew, and for the different shapes of Haribo, Harrison tries to get used to England, watching, listening, and merrily attempting to learn the tricks of inner-city survival. But when he and his friend, Dean Griffin, see the police tape around a dead boy, they start a murder investigation of their own, and the Dell Farm Crew are not amused…

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 這是個關於一位十二歲的迦納男孩Harrison Opoku在五個月中所發生的故事。Harrison與母親及姊姊同住，他們剛來到英國不久，面對這新的環境，雖有黑幫Dell Farm Crew的威脅，但也充滿家鄉不曾見過的各種不同Haribo哈利熊軟糖的滿足，他一心努力希望能盡快學會如何在此地生存的技巧。
但當某天他與好友Dean Griffin無意間看到一卷關於一個男孩命案的警方證物，從此兩人不僅捲入命案的調查中，更引來Dell Farm Crew充滿不悅的舉動…(VL)

Awards/获奖情况：入圍2011英國布克奬決選/Iris/2011-7-27

最受矚目的新銳作家，目前海外版權皆已競價或pre-empted售出！
請注意！本書尚未出版，已被拿來與多部暢銷作品相比：
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Rights sold:
UK: Bloomsbury (12-way auction)
US: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (rights sold at auction, very high five figures)
Canada: Anansi (rights pre-empted)
China: Shanghai99
Brazil: Rocco (at auction for good five figures)
France: Gallimard (four-way auction)
Germany: Berlin Verlag (sold at auction for six-figure sum) (€120,000)
Italy: Piemme (sold at auction for high six-figure sum) (€150,000)
Israel: Kinneret (three-way auction)
Netherlands: Busy Bee (four-way auction)
Spain: Salamandra (rights pre-empted)
Spain/Catalan: Salamandra (rights pre-empted)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 現年33歲的Stephen Kelman，生於英國Luton，是家族中首位擁有高等學歷的成員。曾擔任過清潔工、倉管人員及公職人員，但於2005年時毅然投入寫作的行列。Pigeon English是他的首部代表作品，稿子剛完成後的24小時內，就被多家英美大出版社看中其獨特的寫作功力，而其他海外版權也迅速傳來好消息。

Format:电子手稿

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：SOLD(非我们代理)

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)

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