THE UNIVERSE VERSUS ALEX WOODS

Book ID/图书代码： 06400012B56083

English Summary/英文概要： This novel tells the story of seventeen-year-old Alex Woods - born to a clairvoyant mother and a phantom father, victim of an improbable childhood accident - who is stopped at Dover customs in possession of 113 grams of marijuana and the ashes of his best friend, Vietnam veteran Isaac Peterson.

An event that changed his life in unexpected ways. His best friend Mr Peterson, an elderly man with a rare degenerative disease, is dying. Now Alex must make the toughest decision of his short life…What follows is a highly original and compelling account of Alex’s life and the strange series of events that brought him here.

ALEX WOODS VS THE UNIVERSE is an extraordinary story of a moving friendship between a boy and his de facto grandfather, and their journey to an assisted death clinic in Switzerland. It’s an exhilarating, darkly comic, and fiercely intelligent coming of age story with genuinely unforgettable characters.

This story that will appeal to readers of all tastes, but especially to fans of Mark Haddon (author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time) and John Green (the award-winning, New York Times and Sunday Times number one bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and Looking for Alaska).

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 人生就像一場奇幻旅程，你永遠不會知道在下一刻你會遇見誰......

形跡可疑在過海關被攔下盤查身份的17歲少年，警察在他身上搜出多筆現鈔，一共是645瑞士法郎、82歐元、318英鎊。除了這些金錢，更在其身上查獲113公克大麻和一罈骨灰。如今男孩陷入極大麻煩，為了證明清白，他將娓娓道來一段關於愛與友誼的故事。

七年前，遭受嚴重頭部重擊卻大難不死的十歲男孩Alex Woods，在當時他被視為最不可思議奇跡生還的幸運兒。這場災難使得他失去意識在醫院躺了13天，當他醒來卻發現自己整整失去過去一個月以來的記憶，唯一印象深刻的是他遇見一位因罹患罕見疾病而及將死去的老人。這一場意外築起男孩與老人之間的情誼，他們將展開一段奇幻的友誼之旅...

Awards/获奖情况：Simplified Chinese (Hachette-Phoenix)
Dutch rights (Prometheus) pre-empted in a two-book deal
Italian rights (Garzanti) an auction with a two-book best bid
Germany rights (LIMES/Blanvalet) in the two books following a six-way auction
Hebrew rights (Kinneret-Zmora-Dvir) in six-figure sum
Spanish rights (Seix Barral)

About the Author/作者介绍： 近期在英國書市崛起的新銳作家Gavin Extence，因長篇處女作《ALEX WOODS VS THE UNIVERSE》，使他成為歐洲文壇最受矚目的新生代寫手。http://www.thebookseller.com/news/hodder-pre-empts-exceptional-debut.html

本書由英國阿歇特(Hachette)出版集團旗下「Hodder & Stoughton」取得全球版權，目前包含簡體、德國、義大利、荷蘭、西班牙皆砸重金搶下版權。故事被譽為繼馬克．海登《深夜小狗的神祕習題》、約翰．葛林的普立茲獎得獎作品《尋找阿拉斯加》之後，最能滿足各種不同類型讀者口味的小說作品。

Format:PROOF

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：SOLD(非我们代理)

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：NOT AVAILABLE

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