THE BOY IN THE BOOK
Book ID/图书代码： 06140513B66916
English Summary/英文概要： As a boy, Nathan Penlington had loved Choose Your Own Adventures, the literary phenomenon of the 1980s which thrust the reader into the role of main character and compelled them to make decisions and direct the flow of the story. So, when he discovered a job lot of the first 106 adventures for sale on eBay, there was never any question that he would place a bid. When the books arrived, he lost himself in the old adventures.
Yet, as he flicked through the pages, there was another story being written - for, in the margins of each book, were the scribblings of the little boy who had once owned them, a little boy by the name of Terence John Prendergast. In the margins of the books, Terence wrote jokes, hints for adventurers following the same stories as him - and, more troubling still, intimations of a tormented childhood: of the boys and teachers who had bullied him; of the things he hated about himself and had to improve; of his thoughts of suicide and his desperate need to find friends, be liked, and find somebody - anybody - to confide in.
THE BOY IN THE BOOK is Nathan’s poignant recreation of the discovery of the fragments of Terence Prendergast’s diary, his quest to find the lost boy, and the friendship that resulted from their first meeting. In doing so, Nathan is forced to examine his own childhood - and, as his relationship with Terence deepens, he begins to believe that the two men are not so different, and to reflect on the darkness that can exist in childhood.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 还是一个小男孩时，内森很喜欢《选择你自己的冒险》这本书，20世纪80年代的文学现象将读者带入主角的角色，并迫使他们做出决策并指导故事的情节发展。所以，当他发现易趣上有卖时，毫不犹豫的竞价了。当书送来后，他沉浸在旧的冒险中。
当他翻动书页时，发现书中还有另一个故事——在书的边缘有以前拥有过这本书的小男孩的涂鸦，这个小男孩名叫特伦斯•约翰•加斯特。在书的边缘，特伦斯写着笑话，依据他自己的故事为冒险家准备的提示，而且，更令人担忧的是，这是一个痛苦的童年暗示：曾欺负他的孩子们和老师；他憎恨的自己的某些事情并改善它；他自杀的想法，以及寻找朋友，被人喜欢，能找到任何一个人倾诉的渴望。
《书中的男孩》是内森对在特伦斯•加斯特的日记片段中的发现的尖锐娱乐。他要寻找这个迷失的男孩，以及他们第一次见面就产生的友谊，在这样做时，内森不得不审视自己的童年，并且，随着他与特伦斯关系的加深，他开始相信这两个男孩并没有那么不同，反思了童年时期存在的黑暗。(LNL)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 内森是一位诗人，表演者和作家，曾经和斯图尔特•利，丹尼尔•特森，里奇•格威斯和约翰•库珀•克拉克一起表演过。 他最近的演出“乌里和我”足迹遍及英国，并在2011年受到了非常的好评，他目前正在推广自己的“选择自己的纪录片”节目，该节目以在《书中的男孩》的发现为基础进行编排的，并在2013年8月荣获了爱丁堡的“第一边缘奖”。Nathan Penlington is a poet, performer and writer who has performing alongside Stewart Lee, Daniel Kitson, Ricky Gervais and John Cooper Clarke. His most recent show, Uri and Me, toured the United Kingdom to fantastic reviews in 2011, and he is currently promoting his Choose Your Own Documentaryshow, itself based on the discoveries of THE BOY IN THE BOOK; that show won a Fringe First award at Edinburgh in August 2013.
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