THE ADJUSTMENT: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 03371011B43982

English Summary/英文概要： The war is over, but that doesn’t mean things are getting better. For PR man Wayne Ogden or any of the returning vets. The town of Wichita, Kansas—built around the industry of Collins Aircraft and its wealthy founder, Everett Collins—is not how they remember it. Against the background violence committed by the returning soldiers trying to make an adjustment back into civilian life, Wayne attempts to destroy his former mentor and take down Collins Aircraft—the once fabled company that provided planes to Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, and Wiley Post. All along the way he is haunted by poison pen letters, anonymously sent, that carry threats alluding to his black market work as a supply sergeant in the Quartermaster Corps. As the letters reveal more and more of Wayne’s secretive wartime past, his plan to destroy Collins and his company takes an increasingly darker turn that leads to blackmail, extortion, and murder. Phillips expertly crafts an instant noir classic that presents the birth of a postwar American criminal.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 战争结束了，但是这并不意味着一切都将变好。尤其是对于韦恩奥格登和其他一些从战争中返回的兽医。堪萨斯州威奇托镇，是由柯林斯飞机工业主和当地富有的创始人埃弗雷特柯林斯所建造。然而，它却并不是因此而被人们记住。为了反对暴力的对待那些战场上回来的士兵，让他们能够在战后过上平民生活，韦恩企图打败他的前恩师并拿下柯林斯飞机公司，一个曾经创造了神话，并服务于阿米莉娅-埃尔哈特、查尔斯林白和威利•普。在艰难的路上，韦恩多次被带毒的匿名信件伤害，而这些威胁则暗指韦恩所拥有的地下市场军需兵团里工作的供给士兵。随着越来越多战争时期的信件被揭开，韦恩摧毁柯林斯的计划进入了一个越来越黑暗的循环——勒索、敲诈甚至是谋杀。菲利普卓越的艺术表现手法再现了美国战后犯罪的黑色经典。(兼职翻译-YZH)

Awards/获奖情况：Praise for The Adjustment
"Written in pitch-perfect noir form."---Library Journal

“Like all Phillips novels, you never know where The Adjustment is going and the storytelling is nothing less than completely compelling... [this is] the best novel that I’ve read all year.”---Spinetingler Magazine

"Sly and worthy . . . Crime fans, especially those who favor a vivid sense of place and time, will love it." ---Booklist

The Adjustment was named "Best Book by a Local Author" in the Riverfront Times’s "Best of St. Louis" issue!

http://www.riverfronttimes.com/bestof/2011/award/best-book-by-a-local-author-1463513/

During World War II, Wayne Ogden, the narrator of The Adjustment, Scott Phillips’ latest novel, was a supply sergeant in the Quartermaster Corps in London and Rome. He was also a thief, a pimp, maybe a murderer and a truly awful human being, though Ogden would probably tell you that he’s really just a man who knows how to take his opportunities where he finds them. He made out pretty well, home early with a Purple Heart, an honorable discharge and five grand in Uncle Sam’s cash stashed in the basement safe. But now Ogden is finding postwar Wichita a little...quiet. Ostensibly a PR man at Collins Aircraft, Ogden has a job description that doesn’t quite fit his title, as his main task is to escort his dirty old goat of a boss on alcoholic benders around town. Meanwhile, on the home front, Ogden’s gorgeous wife, Sally, has a bun in the oven. Though the "adjustment" of the title refers to the age-old challenge faced by returning vets as they get used to life back home, this is a far cry from The Best Years of Our Lives. Phillips’ novel is a brilliant work of noir, narrated in an Ogden deadpan that at times pokes the ghost of Raymond Chandler. Phillips’ place of residence qualifies The Adjustment for this "Best of St. Louis" honor, but regardless of where he chose to hang his hat, his book would rank among the best published this year.

About the Author/作者介绍： Scott Phillips is the author of The Ice Harvest, The Walkaway, and Cottonwood. He was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, and lived for many years in France. He now lives with his wife and daughter in St. Louis, Missouri.
斯科特•菲利普是《绝命圣诞夜》、《取胜》、《植树节》等著名小说的作者。他出生和成长于在美国堪萨斯州威奇托镇，随后去法国生活了很多年。他现在与他的妻女居住在密苏里州圣路易斯市。

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