A PLEASURE AND A CALLING
Book ID/图书代码： 13160014B67407
English Summary/英文概要： You won’t remember Mr Heming. He showed you round your comfortable home, suggested a sustainable financial package, negotiated a price with the owner and called you with the good news. The less good news is that, all these years later, he still has the key.
That’s absurd, you laugh. Of all the many hundreds of houses he has sold, why would he still have the key to mine?
The answer to that is, he has the keys to them all.
William Heming’s every pleasure is in his leafy community. He loves and knows every inch of it, feels nurtured by it, and would defend it - perhaps not with his life but if it came to it, with yours...
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 你将不会记得海明先生。他带领你参观你舒适的屋舍，为你提供长久的金融投资，他与房屋的主人磋商价格，并为你带来喜讯。当然也有不那么令人欢心的消息，那便是尽管已经过去多年，他依然拥有房子的钥匙。
你或许会笑笑，觉得这一切都很荒谬。他已售出了成百上千套的房子，又为何独独有你家的钥匙？真正的答案是：他拥有所有房屋的钥匙。威廉•海明所有的乐趣都与他身处的社区相关。他深爱并熟悉那里的每一寸土地，他深感自己受其滋养与哺育，因此，他将为之而战---或许不会牺牲他的生命，但一旦有所需要，他会先用你的生命前去祭奠。。。。。。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况："一部精彩的恐怖小说，令人毛骨悚然，充满黑色幽默，但其主人公确是一名深感不安的原创英雄人物。" (罗斯孟德•鲁普顿)
"十分睿智的作品，一道令人毛骨悚然却又十分诱人的声音。" (茱莉亚•卡洛驰，作者，著有 Cuckoo and Tarnished)
"菲尔•霍根是一名十分聪明的作者。" (皮特•布拉德肖)
"值得一看：一本怪诞的精彩作品，令人爱不释手。" (Cathy Rentzenbrink 书商)
"就主题与文风而言，菲尔•霍根与约翰•厄普代克或是理查德•济慈十分相似。从那部经典美国小说中站出的人物形象是那么的丰满，却又同时不乏家庭和谋杀的元素。" (周日哈罗德报)
"A wonderfully creepy novel, macabre and blackly comic with a deeply unsettling and original hero." (Rosamund Lupton)
"Very clever. A creepily alluring voice" (Julia Crouch, author of Cuckoo and Tarnished)
"Phil Hogan is a brilliant writer." (Peter Bradshaw)
"One to watch: An eerie page-turner." (Cathy Rentzenbrink Bookseller)
"In terms of subject or style. Phil Hogan resembles John Updike or Richard Yates, figures from that classical seam of American fiction so rich in detail, domesticity, and murderous compromise." (Sunday Herald)
‘I loved A Pleasure and a Calling - gripping, sinister, original and brilliant!’ - Sophie Hannah
About the Author/作者介绍： 菲尔•霍根约克郡，作者现居赫特福德郡。作者现已婚，育有四子，曾担任《观察家报》记者与专栏作家20余年。此外，作者还著有三本小说作品以及一本家庭文集。Phil Hogan was born in Yorkshire and now lives in Hertfordshire . He is married with four children and has been a journalist and columnist on The Observer for over 20 years. He is also the author of three previous novels and a book of collected columns about family life.
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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Rights sold: Germany, Netherlands, Japan, US
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