ETHAN GROUT

Book ID/图书代码： 09540010B38477

English Summary/英文概要： Ethan Grout realises it’s his 27th birthday when he receives a card from the fitness centre he recently quit along with the only job he had ever held. His father’s life (and recent funeral) had featured a large cast: but his father had worked in film and travelled the world, whilst Ethan roamed an empty house in the suburbs, trying to convince the neighbours he wasn’t alone. Having moved into a tiny room above a busy city bar, the buzz and lights of downstairs and the street soothing him to sleep, Ethan takes a new job, and another, and even another - collecting a life as he goes.

Sales Points
★ Bookseller and Publisher wrote about Matt Howard’s first novel: ‘A fantastic debut in the vein of Nick Earls and Nick Hornby. Funny, touching, and honest – 4 stars.’
★ Matt Howard’s writing is warm, funny and engaging, with turns of phrase that are light and witty
★ The urban Melbourne setting is rich and populated with colourful characters
★ Praise for Matt’s first novel Street Furniture

Chinese Summary/中文概要： ★澳洲版的Nick Horby：筆調溫暖、感人、好笑而且誠實…

伊森葛蘭特在收到他最近退掉不續約的健身中心寄來的生日卡片，和辭掉他畢生唯一一份工作後，他才忽然驚覺到他已經要過27歲生日了…

對比之下，伊森的老爸不僅在電影業工作而且去過很多國家…兒子伊森則是困在郊區ㄧ棟空空如也的房子裡，並嘗試要讓他的鄰居相信：他ㄧ個人可不覺得孤單…

忽然的覺悟，讓伊森決定搬到市區酒吧樓上的一個小房間。很奇怪地，酒吧的喧鬧聲與燈光居然有助於他入睡，而且他還找到一份新工作，接著他的人生便開始一件事情接著另一件發生，慢慢地伊森開始逐漸能夠拼湊出他人生應有的風貌~(Chris)

Awards/获奖情况：Praise for books by Matt Howard
‘A charming experience. There are times when Howard’s humour bites deep’---Sydney Morning Herald

‘Howard has a deft, wry, comic touch and a great sense of the stultifying atmosphere to which anyone who has grown up in Australia’s outer suburbs will relate’---Sun-Herald

‘Howard is unafraid of sentiment’---Bulletin

‘Gently comic, surprisingly tender’---Adelaide Advertiser

‘In his debut novel, Street Furniture, Matt Howard displayed a certain droll, youthful touch that endeared him to readers and critics alike. Taking Off sees him continuing in the same vein ... to clever effect’---Australian Book Review

About the Author/作者介绍： Matt Howard published his first novel Street Furniture in 2004. It was set in Sydney, garnered some great reviews, and has been optioned to a group of Californian film-makers. Matt’s second novel Taking Off was about the ups and downs of travel. Matt keeps changing his mind so lives in Sydney, then Melbourne, then Sydney. Currently in Sydney, he is eyeing Melbourne.
邁特‧霍爾在2004年發表處女作Street Furniture，獲得眾多佳評。第二本小說Taking off則是講旅程中出現的高低潮。邁特目前居住在墨爾本，但可能很快又會改變心意跑到另ㄧ個地方構思他下ㄧ本作品。

Format:电子手稿

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