THE GUARDIANS

Book ID/图书代码： 00200010B36554

English Summary/英文概要： ’The call comes in the middle of the night, as the worst sort do...’ When Trevor’s childhood friend Ben commits suicide, he and the remainder of their tight-knit friendship group must return to Grimshaw - the provincial Canadian town of their youth from which they have all been running for the last twenty years. As the men slip uneasily back into the oppressive atmosphere of their childhood haunt, they realise that they cannot escape the reason that sent them away in the first place: the memory of a brutal murder that - until now - has remained in Grimshaw with Ben. It seems like the running is over and the past is going to catch up with them, just as it did their friend. As old memories demand to be faced, the four remaining friends must confront the site of their worst fears - an eerie and derelict house that sits directly across from Ben’s parental home. There’s something, or someone, unknown inside and they mustn’t let it out...

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 午夜时分传来一阵电话铃声，正如那种不好的消息传来一样。当特雷弗(Trevor) 得知他儿时的玩伴班(Ben)自杀的消息后，他和他的那群死党们必须得回去格里姆肖(Grimshaw)—那是他们20年来奋力逃离的，在加拿大儿时度过同年的一个小镇。正如人们不能轻易地去适应那种萦绕他们童年的沉重压迫的气氛，他们意识到他们根本无法忘却当初让他们离开这里的原因：那段残忍的凶杀案的记忆一直到现在都还萦绕在班的脑海中，也萦绕在格里姆肖这个镇上。似乎他们已经无路可逃，过去的残酷回忆已经快追上他们了，正如这段回忆已经追上班一样。而他们必须面对这段回忆，他们剩下的四个人必须面对那让他们心生恐惧的地方—一栋诡异的废弃房子，而班的父母就住这栋房子的对面。在这栋房子里内有不明的东西或者人，而且他们决不能让它放出来…(XMM & CK)

Awards/获奖情况：“The latest novel from Canadian author Pyper is an ambitious excursion into Stephen King territory. . . . With a well-executed narrative, both past . . . and present, strong characterization and some truly arresting images, The Guardians is a compelling and genuinely creepy read.”— The Guardian (UK)

"Everything you could ask for in a thriller. It’s psychologically unnerving, moves like a bullet, and is fraught with so much tension you might crack a tooth reading it. Outstanding in every way." – Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River

"Pyper reveals his skill with pacing as the story takes on the speed of midnight dash through a graveyard. And please note: This is not schlock horror dripping with gore. Pyper expertly creates terror through mood and setting. We hear what keeps going bump in the night, but never quite see it." — The Globe and Mail

"A splendidly eerie haunted house story, and a superb evocation of small town life. The Guardians gripped me from its opening line and never let go." – John Connolly, author of Every Dead Thing and The Lovers

“A perfect haunted-house story, a crisp, eerie October night of a book that had me in its clutches from page one." – Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat

“So much more than a thriller. Truly great writing, haunting, intelligent, human, terrifying. Pyper is a genius.”– Deon Meyer, author of Thirteen Hours

"A master of psychological suspense at its spine-tingling best, Andrew Pyper knows just how to lure you in to all the deep, dark places of the human heart, and then, twist." – Lisa Gardner, author of The Neighbor

“A dark, brooding, compelling story about the loss of innocence and the ubiquity of evil, with a finalé as bittersweet as your fiftieth birthday party.”— The Times (UK)

"Beautifully written...The characters are drawn with extraordinary skill." — de Volkskrant (Netherlands)

"Pyper is the most striking Canadian crime writer to emerge in recent years and The Guardians is a characteristically intelligent move into Stephen King territory."— Mail on Sunday (UK)

About the Author/作者介绍： 安德鲁.派珀(Andrew Pyper)出版过四部小说和一部短篇故事集《吻我》，这部故事集赢得了一致的好评并让他成为受人瞩目的知名作家。他的处女作《失踪的女孩们》是加拿大全国的畅销之作，也是被美国《纽约时报》书评和英国《伦敦晚间标准》选出的优秀作品。这部小说赢得了亚瑟.艾里斯奖(Arthur Ellis Award)的最佳处女作奖项。他接下来的那部惊悚的小说《交易使命》是以亚马孙平原为背景的，这部小说被《伦敦时报》评论为“卓越非凡且引人注目的”。他的第三部小说《野火的季节》在加拿大、美国和英国都是畅销之作。他的最新小说《杀戮周期》是一部国内的畅销之作，也是《纽约时报》的知名作品。这部小说于2008年秋天出版。《捍卫者们》这部作品同先前三部作品一样，正在被拍摄成专题电影。

ANDREW PYPER is the author of four novels and a collection of short stories, Kiss Me, which drew critical acclaim and heralded him as a writer to watch. His first novel, Lost Girls, was a national bestseller in Canada and a Notable Book selection in the New York Times Book Review and the London Evening Standard. The novel won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel. His chilling follow-up novel set in the Amazon, The Trade Mission, was called "remarkable and compelling" by The London Times. His third novel, The Wildfire Season, was a national bestseller and acclaimed in Canada, the U.S. and Britain. His latest novel, The Killing Circle, a national bestseller and New York Times Notable book, was published in Fall 2008. The Guardians, as well as three of his previous novels, is being developed for feature film.

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