THE DRIVE
Book ID/图书代码： 14480014B69335
English Summary/英文概要： At Vancouver airport, a distraught young man wanders into a car rental agency, carrying a backpack full of beer and boxer shorts. Trevor is in the midst of a serious crisis. His all-too-comfortable existence as a wannabe filmmaker has been disrupted by a phone call from his Czech girlfriend. In an attempt to get over her, Trevor rents a Dodge Neon and blazes down Highway 99, heading for California. But his journey is fraught with peril, and all he has for protection are a semi-automatic pistol, his trusty plastic visor and a fractious flea-ridden cat.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在温哥华机场，一个惊慌失措的年轻男子提着一只装满啤酒和拳击手短裤的背包走进了一家汽车租赁公司。特雷弗正处于严重的危机之中。想成为导演过着的舒适生活的他被一通来自他的捷克女友的电话打断。特雷弗为了躲她， 他租了一辆道奇霓虹和沿着99号公路，前往加州。但他的旅程充满了危险，而他能用来保护自己的只有一把半自动手枪，一块可靠的塑料遮阳板和一条脾气不好又有跳蚤的猫。（YYW）
Awards/获奖情况：入围的年度威尔士图书（英语小说）
“本书的叙述充满了很多诡异的转折和古怪的人物…让你觉得很高兴能和他一路同行。”—金融时报
“这是一本令人捧腹和迷人的反凯鲁亚克的道路小说…作者的魅力在于他设置了晕眩...... 有创意的和......漫不经心的搞笑......从后现代主义到全情的承诺;不仅仅是码表上的里程数，基维尔的第二本小说相当于一场旅途。”- 新威尔士评论
2014年度的人民选择威尔士书获奖作品
入围2014年度威尔士小说奖
“完美的节奏设置和频率较高的搞笑....特雷弗是我读到过的最令人信服混乱的，但不可否认的诚实的叙述者...基维尔的散文非常诚实，尽管它是小说的长度，有点多余。这是本用所有人的标准来看都是史诗般的旅程，但在简短的章节，活泼的对话和单纯的简单疯狂的情况能让你一直看下去。” - 《我们喜欢这本书》
基维尔的第二本小说，叙述充满了很多诡异的转折和古怪的人物…到最后，让你觉得很高兴能和他一路同行。”—金融时报
Shortlist for Wales Book of the Year (English language fiction)
"The narrative is packed with so many quirky diversions and oddballs that... you’re happy to have joined him for the ride." --Financial Times
’A hilarious and engaging anti-Kerouac road novel... an author whose charm is set to stun...inventive and... casually hilarious... from postmodern to full-on emotional commitment; not least in terms of literary miles on the clock, Keevil’s second novel is quite a trip.’ --New Welsh Review
Winner of the People’s Choice Wales Book of the Year 2014
Shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year Fiction title 2014
“’Perfectly paced and often hilarious...Trevor is one of the most convincingly confused and yet undeniably honest narrators I have ever read...Keevil’s prose is blisteringly honest and, despite the novels length, spare. This is an epic journey by anyone’s standards but the short chapters, snappy dialogue and pure and simple crazy situations keep you firmly gripped to the back seat.” – We Love This Book
“Keevil’s raucous second novel... the narrative is packed with so many quirky diversions and oddballs that, by the end, you’re happy to have joined [Trevor] for the ride.” –Financial Times
About the Author/作者介绍： 泰勒基•维尔从小在加拿大温哥华，现在住在威尔士中部。他的第一部小说《火球》获得了年度威尔士书籍人民奖，并入围卫报的不布克奖。他的短篇小说曾被刊登在各种各样的杂志和文集上。
Tyler Keevil grew up in Vancouver, Canada, and now lives in Mid Wales. His first novel Fireball won the Wales Book of the Year People’s Prize and was shortlisted for the Guardian’s Not the Booker prize. His short fiction has appeared in a wide range of magazines and anthologies.
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