DR. BRINKLEY’S TOWER
Book ID/图书代码： 06481012B52508
English Summary/英文概要： Equal parts Mark Twain and Gabriel García Márquez, Robert Hough’s wildly imaginative new novel takes us to 1931 and Corazon de la Fuente, a tiny Mexican border town where the only industry is a run-down brothel. Enter Dr. Romulus Brinkley and his gargantuan radio tower, built to broadcast his revolutionary goat-gland fertility operation. Fortunes in Corazon change overnight, but not all for the good. Word of the new prosperity spreads, and the town is overrun by the impoverished, the desperate, and the flat-out criminal. The tower’s frequencies are so powerful the whole area glows green, and the signal is soon broadcasting through every bit of metal it can find: fencing wire, toasters, even a young woman’s new braces. Meanwhile, Dr. Brinkley has attracted the affections of Violeta Cruz, Corazon’s most beautiful resident. But is he really all that he seems? Peopled with unforgettable characters and capturing a young Mexico caught between its own ambitions and the imperialist designs of its neighbor to the north, Dr. Brinkley’s Tower is a stunning achievement in storytelling.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 與馬克•吐溫和加布裡埃爾•加西亞•瑪律克斯有同等的影響力，（Robert Hough）羅伯特•霍夫運用了他豐富的想像力把我們帶到了1931年的柯拉松•德拉富恩特，這是墨西哥一個貧窮的邊緣小鎮，《Dr. Brinkley’s Tower》
一書的靈感來源於美國的行騙高手約翰•羅穆盧斯•布林克利博士的荒謬鬧劇 — 這位曾假扮成江湖郎中的騙子的生活曾一度受到布魯克教皇的關注 — 但這部小說也不雷同于一般意義上的歷史小說作品。
鎮裡的唯一經濟來源就是一家破落的妓院，入口處住著Romulus Brinkley和他的無線電發射塔，這塔是用來播報博士改革性的山羊腺生殖手術情況的。而正是因為這個，柯拉松一夜聞名，但這似乎並不是一個好現象。這個消息不脛而走，於是鎮上一時間貧窮的，絕望的人和犯罪的人群全都集聚至此。塔發射信號的頻率太高，以至於使得整個區域都呈現綠色，信號通過任何它能發現的金屬物體發射出去，包括護欄網，烤麵包機，甚至是年輕女孩的手鑽。而同時，布林克利博士的成就吸引了鎮裡最美麗的女子的注意。但是他真的如此有能耐嗎？在令人難以忘懷的性格特徵和迷人的年輕墨西哥人之間摻雜着，他們各自的野心，似乎也更難以捉摸。《布林克利博士的塔》是一部非常出色的小說。(XAT)
Awards/获奖情况：Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller PrizeRights Sold: US (Steerforth Press)
版权已售：美国（Steerforth出版社）
About the Author/作者介绍： 罗伯特•霍夫首部小说，《The Final Confession of Mabel Stark》，获选为英联邦作家奖最佳的第一本书。他的第二部小说，《The Stowaway》，入圍都柏林文學奖並被波士顿环球报评为2004 年前十名小说。他第三次的小说，《The Culprit》，获选为 Trillium 书奖、英聯邦最佳圖書獎（加拿大和加勒比）， 和罗杰斯作家的信任小说奖。他現居多伦多。
Robert Hough’s debut novel, The Final Confession of Mabel Stark, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book. His second novel, The Stowaway, was a finalist for the IMPAC Dublin Award and chosen by the Boston Globe as one of the top ten fiction titles of 2004. His third novel, The Culprits, was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Prize, the Commonwealth Award for Best Book (Canada and the Caribbean), and the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. He lives in Toronto.
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