BLACK CHALK
Book ID/图书代码： 06814010B39032
English Summary/英文概要： Black Chalk is a compulsively readable literary thriller from newcomer Christopher Yates. In the vein of the Secret History, Yates’ tale of psychological suspense unspools in present day New York and in the venerable halls of Oxford University, where, fifteen years earlier, a group of six friends designed and played a game that would change their lives forever.
All six were smart, brilliant even; their places at the ancient institution won solely by ability. Indeed, it was a point of pride that in a school where both blood and stockings were deepest blue, not one came from families possessed of money, influence, or pedigree. There was Jack, a wiseass whose eviscerating wit would have been insufferable were he not so willing to turn it on himself; lovely Emilia, daughter of a Yorkshire miner whose gentle nature was at odds with her poisonous loathing for Margaret Thatcher; poetry-writing Dee, a.k.a “Havisham” who sported a ragged dyed-black wedding dress and a similarly toned sense of humor; Mark, a physics wiz whose perpetual high and probable narcolepsy rendered him the most laid back of the group; Chad, the painfully shy American, whose desperation to trade in his miserable small-town adolescence was matched only by his gratitude at being accepted into so intimate and dazzling a circle, and finally, at its center, Jolyon; charismatic, self-assured, and accustomed to adoration. Together they were a formidable clique, their determination to define themselves as outsiders—at odds with the “toffs” and scions of privilege who were their classmates—and their confidence in their own cleverness cementing a powerful bond.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《黑色白垩》来自新人作家克里斯多佛•亚茨，是一部不可不读的惊悚文学作品。亚茨的这部心理悬念作品继承了《秘史》的一贯风格，但却发生在当代纽约和牛津大学古老而神圣的教学楼里，15年前，一个由六个朋友组成的小组在这个教学楼里设计并进行了一个游戏，殊不知这个游戏将永远地改变他们的人生。
六个人都同样聪敏睿智；他们都凭借自身的能力在这座古老的学府里为自己赢得了一席之地。事实上，在这样一座有着浓厚贵族血统和才子荟萃的学府里，他们平凡的出身无疑使他们更怀有着一种极大的荣耀感。其中，杰克是个万事通，如果他不过于刻意显摆，那他惊为天人的才华将更容易为人所接受；活泼可爱的阿米莉亚是约克郡一名矿工的女儿，虽然拥有温柔的性格，却奇怪的对撒切尔夫人有着极度的憎恶；诗歌创作者迪伊，又名“哈维沙姆”，总是穿着一身惹人注目的黑色花染婚礼礼服，并搭配以同样令人难以忽视的幽默感；马克，物理奇才，但高发的发作性睡眠症也使他成为了小组里最懒散的人；查得，极度害羞的美国人，迫切渴望能够忘记痛苦无比的小镇青春回忆，当被接受成为这样一个无与伦比小组的一员时，他也同样心怀着无与伦比的感激之情；最后便是小组的核心成员乔利恩，极具领袖气势，自信同时喜欢受到崇拜。他们一起组成了一个令人心生畏惧的强大的小团体，他们决心对抗班上有权有势的特权阶级同学，而他们对对自己聪明才智的自信更是使他们最终紧密的联系在了一起，并形成了强大的力量。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：版權已售:英国 (pre-empt), 美国, 俄罗斯And Christopher J. Yates’s BLACK CHALK was longlisted for the New Blood Dagger at the 2014 CWA Awards!
此书影视版权已售Television and film rights were optioned by 20th Century Fox on behalf of Ron Howard and Brian Grazer at Imagine Entertainment.
• New starred reviews for Christopher Yates’s Grist Mill Road
影视版权under option to Warner Bros.
About the Author/作者介绍： 克里斯托佛•J•亚茨从小在英格兰出生长大。曾于牛津大学学习法学，毕业后自然而然地投入了拼图事业，成为了一名拼图编辑和汇编人。他曾代表英国参加世界拼图锦标赛，为英国，澳大利亚和美国的相关杂志撰稿，目前作者为包括《纽约邮报》在内的多家出版行业汇编填字游戏书籍。2006年，他从伦敦搬到了纽约城，后居住至今。Christopher J. Yates was born and raised in England. He studied Law at Oxford University, which he says led very naturally into a career in puzzles, both as an editor and compiler. He has represented the United Kingdom at the World Puzzle Championships, written for magazines and newspapers in Britain, Australia and the United States, and currently compiles crosswords for various publications, including The New York Post. In 2006 he moved from London to New York City, where he currently lives.
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