THE LAST TIGER
Book ID/图书代码： 04560013B64650
English Summary/英文概要： A story about being an outsider, loss, alienation, persecution and the bonds of family. Set in the stark, sweeping landscape of Tasmania, this is a literary thriller from one of the UK’s finest authors.
1910. Twelve year-old Myko and his family have fled the Czarist occupation of their native Lithuania for the freedom of America – only to discover their ship has arrived in Tasmania, the once notorious prison island of the British Empire, known as Van Diemen’s Land.
Myko wonders what will become of them as he watches his father, Petras, and mother, Daina, become anxious about how they will survive in this new land, settled by the wild sons of convicts and populated by wild tigers. Myko has never seen a tiger before and is filled with fear as stories of the tigers’ vicious attacks upon the island’s settlers are recounted. He wishes his brother, Jurgis, was with him but knows his sibling’s death is something he should force out of his mind.
But when Petras takes work as a tiger trapper and Myko discovers the den of the last tigers, the family are thrust into a fight over the fate of these beautiful, wild beasts that will force dark secrets to the surface – and pit son against father.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 故事讲述了颠沛流离的一家人被疏远、异化、压迫却始终紧密团结在一起的故事。小说背景设置在塔斯马尼亚岛，是英国著名作家Tony Black又一部惊悚小说。
1910年，12岁的Myko跟随家人逃离已被沙皇占领的立陶宛，前往美国，可他们的船却停泊在了塔斯马尼亚岛，这里是英国臭名昭著的监狱，关押了大量囚犯。
Myko不知道自己的命运会怎么样，他发现父亲Petras和母亲Daina终日忧虑该如何在这里生存下去，这座岛屿上到处是囚犯和凶猛的老虎。Myko以前从没有亲眼见过老虎，但他总是听闻岛上的居民被老虎攻击的可怕传闻。Myko多希望他的兄弟Jurgis能陪伴着他，可这再也不可能实现了。
Petras后来成为了一民捕虎手，而Myko发现了最后几只老虎的巢穴，一家人被卷入了与这群凶猛但美丽的猛兽的斗争中，他们渐渐发现了整个事件的真相，而这个真相最终可能使父子反目成仇。（XAT）
Awards/获奖情况：对Tony Black的褒奖：
“精妙，大胆的语言和充满智慧的人物设置使这部惊悚小说更具魅力，耐人寻味。”——《镜报》
“以苏格兰犯罪为主题的小说市场已经相当拥挤，而《最后的老虎》却能从中脱颖而出。”——《大事件》
“Tony Black凭其真实而独特的语言为自己在英国犯罪小说中谋得了一席之地。”——《纽约杂志》
“因为对 Irvine Welsh和William McIlvanney的喜爱，Tony Black的作品与之产生了共鸣，如今他也成为了一民顶尖的作家。”——《3AM杂志》
Praise for Tony Black:
‘Black renders his nicotine-stained domain in a hardboiled slang that fizzles with vicious verisimil-itude.’ Guardian
‘Ripping, gutsy prose and a witty wreck of a protagonist makes this another exceptionally compel-ling, bright and even original thriller.’ The Mirror
‘A superior offering in an already crowded Scottish crime market.’ The Big Issue
‘An authentic yet unique voice, Tony Black shows why he is leading the pack in British crime fiction today. Atmospherically driven, the taut and sparse prose is as near to the bone you are ever likely to encounter in crime noir. Powerful.’ New York Journal of Books
‘With comparisons to the likes of Irvine Welsh and William McIlvanney echoing in his ears, Tony Black has become a top-class author in his own right.’ 3AM Magazine
About the Author/作者介绍： Tony Black是一位屡获殊荣的记者，编辑，小说家。他写过许多成功的犯罪题材小说：《偿还》、《内脏》、《失去》、《死去多时》、《鲜血后的真相》还有《他父亲的儿子》等，这本书被誉为“能打动最坚硬的心脏的凄美故事”。Tony Black is an award-winning journalist, editor, and novelist. He has written a number of successful crime titles: Paying for It, Gutted, Loss, Long Time Dead, Truth Lies Bleeding and Murder Mile (Random House UK), and a literary novel, His Father’s Son (Black & White Publishing), described as “a beautiful powerful tale to move the hardest heart” (The Sun).
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