HELD UP
Book ID/图书代码： 06140512B51581
English Summary/英文概要： HELD UP is a searingly powerful, heart-wrenching novel set in South Africa about a father whose daughter is abducted and his attempts to recover her in the face of police indifference and a society where violence is increasingly a way of life - Dennis Lehane’s MYSTIC RIVER meets JM Coetzee’s DISGRACE.
How far do you go to rescue your child?
Paul van Niekirk, a successful white South African is held up at gun-point when driving his new BMW. He’s dragged out and his abductor drives off in his car. It’s an everyday car jacking. Except his nine-month old daughter is in the back seat. As a pacifist, Paul is reluctant to carry a gun, but he descends into the heart of darkness of his country determined to find his child. He uncovers a criminal gang involved in people trafficking and discovers in himself a capacity for violence. When the trail goes cold, he is on the verge of losing everything but finds redemption in the most unlikely circumstances. Moving from the enclaves of Johannesburg’s northern suburbs to the throbbing heart of Soweto’s informal settlements, Paul is forced to confront the changing political and social landscape of the new South Africa, questioning his own values as his perfect life crumbles around him.
A tremendously powerful, moving first novel written with urgency and fire, HELD UP is a potentially award winning novel - Costa, Guardian First Book, Booker - in that it deals with wide issues of international relevance as well as being a gripping read.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《绑架案》(Held Up)以南非作为故事发生的背景，是一部非常有力且扣人心弦的小说。保罗.凡.尼科克(Paul Van Niekirk) 的女儿被人绑架，面对警方的冷漠和社会暴力的日益增加，他毅然要孤身找回自己的女儿。
这是一段艰难而漫长的旅程，他将会花多久找回自己的孩子？
保罗.凡.尼科克是一个成功的南非人，有一天，他被人用枪劫持，拖下自己的宝马车，劫匪扬长而去，但是车后座上还有他九个月大的女儿。作为一个和平主义者，保罗不会随身带枪，但是在寻找女儿的过程中，他发现了国家强大的黑暗中心——一个参与贩卖人口的犯罪集团，也同时发现了自己开始认同使用暴力。当找到孩子的希望变得渺茫，保罗自己也面临失去所有的危险时，事情突然发生了意想不到的转机。从约翰内斯堡北部郊区飞往索韦托的腹地，保罗不得不去面对南非政府和社会格局的改变，随着他平静生活的分崩离析，他也开始对一切产生质疑。
《绑架案》情节紧张，扣人心弦，同时也涉及了很多国际热点问题，是一部潜在的获奖小说。(XAT & CK)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 克里斯托弗.莱德曼(Christopher Radmann)是南非人，但现在居住英国已过12年。他现在是第六形态学院的校长，也是英国新罕布什尔州一所寄宿制学院英语系的负责人，他与妻子和两个孩子居住生活在那里。《绑架案》根据个人以及家人和朋友的经历改编而成，是他的处女作。
CHRISTOPHER RADMANN is from South Africa, but has lived in the UK for the last twelve years. He is currently Head of Sixth Form and Head of English at a boarding school in Hampshire, England, where he lives with his wife and two children. Based loosely on personal experience and that of friends and family, HELD UP is his first novel.
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