TENDER HOOKS
Book ID/图书代码： 11320010B40688
English Summary/英文概要： It is Jane Austen’s Emma transported to the outrageous social melee of 21st-century Lahore...and it is fabulously cheeky, fresh and clever.
Our heroine’s cousin, Jonkers, has been dumped by his low-class, slutty secretary, and our heroine has been charged with finding him a new wife – a rich, fair, beautiful, old- family type. Quickly. But who wants to marry poor, plain, die-vorced Jonkers?
As our heroine schemes her way through shaadis, GTs (Get Togethers, of course) and ladies’ lunches trying to find a suitable girl from the right bagground, she discovers to her dismay that her hapless cousin has his own ideas about his perfect mate. And secretly she may even agree …
Full of wit and wickedness, Tender Hooks is a delightful romp through Pakistani high society from an author who is already a massive bestseller in India. Even as it makes you cry with laughter, it will make you wince at the unbearable contrast between our heroine’s glitteringly shallow life and the country that is falling apart around her and sigh with relief at the beautifully simple ending note of hope.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 堪比簡•奧斯丁的《愛瑪》
巧妙跌宕，耐人尋味
它以簡•奧斯丁著寫《愛瑪》時的語調，將21世紀巴基斯坦拉合爾市的混亂現狀娓娓道來，生動、風趣、發人深省。
我們的女主人公天生有著一副熱心腸，她的表兄Jonkers剛被放蕩、低級又惡俗的前女友一腳踹開，於是咱們的女英雄立刻張羅著要幫他尋找一位新任，最好是出身書香門第、美麗端莊、賢慧能幹的大家閨秀。可是哪位大小姐願意嫁給這個貌不出眾的窮光蛋呢？
周旋於社交晚會、單身女士派對、以及各種相親活動，正當女主人公為表兄擇偶忙得不亦樂乎時，她突然發現，這位倒楣的表兄對他的完美另一半卻另有打算，這傢夥背地裏正在計畫著什麼……
在作者令人陶醉的敍述中，在他謎一般的情節中，在他對人物性格和心理的細緻入微的刻畫中，讀者面前仿佛展開一幅優美而略帶誇張的生動畫卷。我們好像能看到故事中人物的形象和行為，能聽到他們在各種背景下進行的交談，能感覺到人物的喜悅和憂愁，笑中帶淚，巴基斯坦上流社會的人生百味盡顯無疑。(Ruby)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Moni Mohsin，生於巴基斯坦，她的作品包括在巴基斯坦知名報刊上連載的印度暢銷小說《交際花日記》(The Diary of a Social Butterfly)，以及《純真的終點》(The End of Innocence)。Moni Mohsin現居英國。
Moni Mohsin is the author of two books, the Indian bestseller The Diary of a Social Butterfly based on her hit column in Pakistan’s Friday Times and a novel, The End of Innocence. Born in Pakistan, she lives in the UK.
Format:电子手稿
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