HOP ALLEY: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 03371014B68258
English Summary/英文概要： Cottonwood (2004) was a huge step forward for the burgeoning king of noir Scott Phillips, and his dark and gritty take on the western earned him starred reviews and praise from crime masters Michael Connelly and George Pelecanos. That novel featured the Kansas town beginning in 1872 when it was just a small community of run down farms, dusty roads, and two-bit crooks. Saloon owner and photographer Bill Ogden thought it could be more and allied with wealthy developer Marc Leval to capitalize on the advent of the railroad and the cattle trail that soon turned Cottonwood into a wild boomtown. But problems followed the money and soon Bill was confronting both the wicked family of serial killers known as the Bloody Benders as well as his one-time friend Marc, having fallen into an affair with his beautiful wife Maggie. Bill then turned up alone in San Francisco in 1890, having to face a past from which he could not run. But what happened to him in those missing years? What happened to Maggie, to Bill, and their escape from the murderous Bender family? Hop Alley answers all those questions as we return to the Wild West and discover Bill Ogden, now living as Bill Sadlaw, running a photo studio near the Chinese part of town know as Hop Alley in the frontier town of Denver in 1878. Left by Maggie, Bill enjoys an erotic affair with Priscilla, a fallen singer addicted to laudanum, who is also seeing his friend Ralph Banbury, the editor of the local Denver Bulletin (neither man minds sharing). Bill’s peaceful time away from Cottonwood turns anything but as he must confront the mysterious murder of his housekeeper’s brother-in-law, the increasing instability of Priscilla as both men try to ease out of her clutches, and an all out-riot across Hop Alley. And when the body count starts rising, Bill will soon start wishing he had never left Cottonwood at all. Hop Alley proves that no one does the Wild West like noir master Scott Phillips.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《考顿伍德》 (2004)是黑色小说界新兴之王斯科特•菲利普斯的一部重要作品，预示其向前迈出了一大步，他对于西部黑暗且坚毅的描绘获得了诸多星级评论，甚至收获了来自犯罪小说大师迈克尔•康奈利和乔治•佩里卡诺斯等的好评。小说以1872年堪萨斯的一座小镇为背景展开，当年那里还只是一个由一座座破旧的农场，一条条尘土飞扬的道路和一群二流骗子组成的小镇。比尔•奥德耿是一名沙龙老板兼摄影师，他认为一旦和富裕的开发商马克•勒瓦尔结成联盟，当铁路和运畜拖车来到时，考顿伍德将很快蜕变成一座新兴的都市，而他将在这一过程中迅速地积累资本。然而一系列问题也随着金钱问题接踵而来，很快比尔便不得不面对两大难题，一边他面对的是被称为“嗜血狂魔”的连环杀人犯家族，而另一边他曾经的朋友马克竟然与他的妻子麦琪陷入了一段风流韵事之中。1890年，比尔独身一人出现在旧金山，他将面对的是自己无处遁逃的一段过去。然而在他消失的这些年里，又发生了怎样的故事呢？麦琪和比尔纷纷遭遇了怎样的经历，他们又是如何在“嗜血狂魔”家族的谋杀下逃亡？《霍普巷》将为你一一解答这一系列问题；重回西部，在1878年丹佛小镇边境的中国区，有着一条霍普巷，化名为比尔•萨德罗的比尔•奥德耿在那里经营着一间小小的影楼。被麦琪抛弃的比尔如今与沉溺于鸦片的过气歌手普里西拉正过着一种醉生梦死的腐朽生活，同时普里西拉还和比尔的朋友，当地Denver Bulletin的编辑拉斐尔•班布里有着往来接触。比尔远离考顿伍德后的平静时光改变了一切，然而当他必须面对管家叔叔神秘遭遇谋杀背后的真相时，普里西拉显得愈加焦躁和不稳定，两个男人纷纷试图逃脱她的控制，一场全面的混乱在霍普巷里一触即发。当尸体的数量逐渐增加，比尔开始希望自己当年应该选择留在考顿伍德。《霍普巷》再次向读者们证明，斯科特•菲利普斯绝对是西部黑色小说界的大师级人物。（DC）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 斯科特•菲利普斯，作家，著有The Ice Harvest, The Walkaway, Cottonwood, The Adjustment, 以及Rake等作品。作者从小在堪萨斯州威奇托市出生并长大，并在法国居住多年。其现与妻子和女儿居住在圣路易斯。
Scott Phillips is the author of The Ice Harvest, The Walkaway, Cottonwood, The Adjustment, and Rake. He was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas and lived for many years in France. He now lives with his wife and daughter in St. Louis, MO.
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