SILK FOR THE FEED DOGS
Book ID/图书代码： 14934113B64226
English Summary/英文概要： Silk for the Feed Dogs illuminates a world the author knows intimately in a way it hadn’t been described before: with thoughtfulness, profundity and humor. Kat Connelly, innovative designer and introspective daughter of an Irish farmer, is disappointed with her first job in fashion. She copies catwalk looks for a London garmento who is reliant on two things to survive: self medication and cheap Chinese production.
Kat feels the lure of a higher aesthetic beckoning and escapes to Milan. As Italy’s imminent smoking ban looms darkly over the land, Kat’s personal world lights up: design and beauty are all around, dazzling and seducing, not to mention the overwhelming Italian male libido. She has claimed her slice of the bella vita and with it a sense of belonging she has yearned for since childhood. Of course, the bella vita comes at a price. When Kat is invited into the impenetrable House of Adriani to design their high-profile collection, she throws a cast-iron hierarchy into turmoil. Some will do anything to see her fall…
Jackie Mallon drew upon her decade’s experience to bring to life the assorted grand maestros, sycophants, oddballs, and jesters that populate Kat’s life.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《送布牙的丝绸》的作者用一种他熟悉的从没有被描述过的方式照亮了世界：体贴，深度和幽默。凯特•康纳利是一位创新设计师以及爱尔兰农民的内向女儿，她对自己在时尚界的第一份工作感到很失望。她根据伦敦服装市场的需求，复制服装，她的生存依赖于两样东西：自我疗法和便宜的中国制造。
凯特感觉到更高审美观的诱惑在向她招手，于是她逃去了米兰。由于意大利即将来临的禁烟令让这片土地隐约透着黑暗，凯特的个人世界却亮了：周围的一切都设计的很美丽，令人眼花缭乱、充满诱惑，更何况还有意大利铺天盖地的男性生命力。于是她开始寻找她从小就一直渴望的美好时光和归属感。当然美好时光是要付出代价的。当凯特•康纳利被邀请到密不透风的阿德里安之家为他们备受瞩目的收藏品做设计时，她扔了一块等级制度的热铁引起了混乱。有些人会做一些事情来向她使绊子。
杰基•马龙汲取了她数十年的经验，让各种人填充凯特•康纳利的生活，如久负盛名的大师，奸佞之人，狂妄之人和小丑。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：-Jackie Mallon, author of SILK FOR THE FEED DOGS: interviews & drawings (let me know if you want me to re-send the novel itself)
About the Author/作者介绍： 杰基•马龙是爱尔兰作家和时装设计师，目前住在纽约。在伦敦的圣马丁学院学习后，她在高级时装界米兰工作了8年，这为她日后预料之外的小说存储了故事素材。Jackie Mallon is an Irish writer and fashion designer currently living in New York. After studying at London’s St Martins School, she worked in the world of high fashion in Milan for eight years, stockpiling stories for the novel she didn’t know she was gearing up to write.
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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：This is the second rights sale for Betimes Books, the first being SILK FOR THE FEED DOGS (Turkish rights sold by Sedef Ilgic of Kalem Agency to a publisher that is part of Marie-Claire Group).
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