TWO COWS AND A VANFUL OF SMOKE

Book ID/图书代码： 00410310B41604

English Summary/英文概要： When young Elliot gets a labourer’s job at Mr Evans’s after being sacked from a pig farm for liberating six of its sows, he thinks he’ll have even more opportunities to lean on gates or stare at fields. But his best mate Spike keeps getting him into trouble, first by showing him what is being grown in a tucked-away polytunnel, and then turning up at his caravan’s door with a van full of weed. As Elliot tries to help his friend get rid of the hot merchandise, they find themselves at the receiving end of a cruel cat-and-mouse game. A tale of adventure with as many twists and turns as the enchanting Somerset landscape that forms its backdrop, Two Cows and a Vanful of Smoke is, above all, a celebration of the English countryside – full of magic, history and superstition – where smoke is in the air, and where not all is what it seems.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当小艾略特（Elliot）被养猪场开除后再次找到一份工作的时候，他认为他会有更多的发挥机会。但是他的好友却不断给他滋事。艾略特想要帮助好友脱离苦海，却是两个人一起掉入了一个猫捉老鼠的游戏之中。这是一个曲折离奇的冒险故事，但是展示了英国乡村的姣好风景，魔力四射。(兼职翻译-XJJ)

Awards/获奖情况：’One of the most distinctive voices in modern British fiction.’ -- Evening Standard

’A sharp stylist.’ -- Sunday Telegraph

’Vividly, defiantly realistic at times, luridly surreal at others, his writing’s ability to compound striking metaphors of the abstract with a graphic physicality has won him a deserved following.’ -- The Times Literary Supplement

’At a time of growing urbanism and reductive social interaction, this delightful novel extols the simple virtues of landscape and love, a sentiment that is as important now as it was when Benson first became a storyteller. Perhaps even more so.’ -- Independent on Sunday

’An adventure story written in Benson s distinctive, flourish-filled style and suffused with his deep and abiding love of the West Country.’ -- Daily Mail

’A coming of age novel that turns the plot of a thriller into a lyrical celebration of the mysterious and enchanting power of the natural world.’ -- The Times Literary Supplement

’A haunting tale of love, clairvoyance and cannabis.’ -- The Guardian

’Peter Benson writes like an angel fuelled by inspirational quantities of organic Somerset cider. Get drunk on this fine novel.’ --The Regency Book Club --The Regency Book Club ’a sharp stylist’ --Sunday Telegraph

’Vividly, defiantly realistic at times, luridly surreal at others, his writing’s ability to compound striking metaphors of the abstract with a graphic physicality has won him a deserved following.’ --The Times Literary Supplement

About the Author/作者介绍： 彼得•本森（Peter Benson）生于1956年，在拉姆斯盖特、坎特伯雷、埃克塞特求学。他的第一部小说《等级》（The Levels）即获得了卫报小说奖。他还出版了诸多短篇小说、剧本、诗集、电台及电视剧集改编，很多作品被翻译成多种语言。

Born in 1956, Peter Benson was educated in Ramsgate, Canterbury and Exeter. His first novel, The Levels, won the Guardian Fiction Prize. This was followed by A Lesser Dependency, winner of the Encore award, The Other Occupant, which was awarded the Somerset Maugham Award. He has also published short stories, screenplays and poetry, some adapted for TV, radio and many translated into other languages.

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