THE INFORMANT

Book ID/图书代码： 00200013B63304

English Summary/英文概要： Los Angeles, September 1941.

With the Nazis occupying Europe, and their armies now halfway across Russia, America hovers on the brink of war. Tensions are also rising in the Far East, and in California fears grow of a Pacific Coast invasion. There is mounting anxiety about the loyalty of the state’s own Japanese population.

But back in Washington D.C., Director J. Edgar Hoover is more concerned about promoting the image of the FBI than about preparing for war, and dispatches Special Agent Nessheim to Hollywood to help make pro-FBI movies.

Then in a clandestine meeting with Nessheim’s boss, Harry Guttman, a State Department official reveals that he has been asked by the Russians to pass on classified information. Guttman uncovers a California connection to this espionage attempt, and assigns Nessheim to investigate.

Nessheim’s mission is complicated by the disappearance of his key informant, Billy Osaka. Other people are looking for Osaka too. The search for him takes Nessheim to a studio head’s mansion in Beverly Hills, a high-class gambling club, LA’s Little Tokyo, and the Santa Barbara ranch of wealthy Communist sympathisers. With his own life under threat, Nessheim discovers a deadly conspiracy designed to push America into the War.

Set in the last remaining months of peace, The Informant is a gripping thriller, immersed in the history it vividly depicts of a country poised between great power... and great danger.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1941年9月，洛杉矶。
纳粹正在侵占欧洲，他们的军队已经横穿半个俄罗斯，美国处于战争的边缘。远东地区的局面也开始白热化，加利福尼亚州害怕太平洋海岸的入侵。他们对于州内日裔人口的忠诚与否很焦虑。
但此时在华盛顿首府，FBI的执行长官J. Edgar Hoover比起应对战争更想集中精力提升FBI的形象，他排遣特别探员Nessheim去好莱坞帮忙制作前FBI电影。
一名叫Harry Guttman的国务院官员在一次和Nessheim的上司的私会中透露，他被德国要求泄露机密情报给他们。
Guttman找到了加州从事此间谍活动的内应，并委派Nessheim进行调查。
Nessheim的一个重要线人Billy Osaka消失了，这让Nessheim的任务变得复杂了。很多人也在寻找Osaka。Nessheim在寻找的过程中来到一个工作室负责人在比佛利山庄的别墅，那是一个高级赌博俱乐部，洛杉矶的小东京，全是富有的共产主义者的圣塔芭芭拉农场。冒着生命危险，Nessheim发现了一项要将美国推入战争漩涡的阴谋。(Flora)

Awards/获奖情况： “扣人心弦的故事情节和生动的描写。”——《出版人周刊》

"A thrilling storyline and vivd descriptions" (Publishers Weekly)

About the Author/作者介绍： 安德鲁•罗森海姆，1977年以领罗氏奖学金的研究生身份从美国来到英国，他的住所就在牛津大学附近。1999年十月，他在从牛津出发去赴任工作的途中，他所乘坐的火车与帕丁顿外的一辆火车相撞，安德鲁就坐在大西部火车的第一节车厢。对于他来说，这是一个转变人生的经历，他决定离开他的高层地位，并开始全职写作。他的小说《WITHOUT PREJUDICE》就是很好的证明。

Andrew Rosenheim came to England from America as a Rhodes Scholar in 1977 and has lived near Oxford ever since. He is the author of six novels, including Stillriver, Keeping Secrets, Without Prejudice and Fear Itself. He is married and has twin daughters.

Format:HARDCOVER

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