BLIND MOON ALLEY: A JERSEY LEO NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 06840014B70184
English Summary/英文概要： In the follow-up to Sugar Pop Moon (2013), it’s Prohibition, it’s Philadelphia, and Jersey Leo doesn’t fit in.
Jersey is an albino of mixed race. Known as "Snowball" on the street, he tends bar at a speakeasy the locals call the Ink Well. There, he’s considered a hero for having saved the life of a young boy. But when his old grade school buddy, Aaron Garvey, calls from death row and asks for one last favor, all hell breaks loose.
Jersey finds himself running from a band of crooked cops, hiding an escaped convict in the Ink Well, and reuniting with his grammar school crush--the now sultry Myra Banks, who has shed a club foot and become a speakeasy siren. Through it all, Jersey tries to safeguard the Ink Well with no help other than his ragtag group of friends: his ex-boxing-champion father, Ernie Leo; the street-savvy Johalis; a dim-witted dockworker named Homer; and the dubious palm reader Madame Curio. With them, Jersey digs for the truth about his friend Aaron Garvey--and winds up discovering a few things about himself.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在Sugar Pop Moon (2013)的后续展开中，Prohibition（《禁令》）, Philadelphia（《费城》）, 和 Jersey Leo（《泽西•里奥》）和其并没有太多关联。
泽西是一名混血白化变种者。在这条街上，人称“雪球”，他在一家当地人称为Ink Well的地下酒吧做酒保。在那里他被当做是一名英雄，因为他曾救过一名小男孩的性命。只不过，当他在学校的旧时兄弟艾伦•戛威从死囚室里给他捎来信息，希望他能帮最后一忙时，所有地一切都失控了。
泽西发现自己正在躲避一帮不端警察的追踪，将一名逃犯藏在了Ink Well，和语法学校时期的旧爱重逢 --- 如今早已性感热辣的麦拉•班克斯，不再是那个畸形足姑娘，而是变成了地下酒吧里的迷人妖女。自始至终，泽西都仅在他的一帮“狐朋狗友”们的帮助下努力保护着Ink Well：他的前拳击冠军的父亲厄尼•里奥；街道万事通乔哈里斯；傻傻笨笨的码头工人荷马；以及可疑的手相师居里奥夫人。在他们的帮助下，泽西不断地挖掘着有关旧友艾伦•戛威的真相 --- 而在这一过程中，他也最终对自己有了一些发现与认识。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：“千万不可错过的一部绝对精彩、大胆的有关于长大成年的故事。引人入胜，节奏明快，整个故事巧妙地游移在1906年与1930年之间。尽管有大量的火拼与流血场面，整个故事还是尽力成功揉入了一股理想主义的气息。本书适合爱追凯利•斯坦利的Miranda Corbie系列，或是瑞德•法瑞尔的Coleman’s Moe Prager作品的读者们。” 图书馆期刊，Sugar Pop Moon星级评论
“该书无疑是一部冷硬的禁令小说，泽西•里奥则是一名不断成长，叫人入迷的人物角色。整个故事发展节奏快，暴力成分适宜，即便是在一片混乱中，也不乏一些让人不禁开怀大笑的时刻。如果你是米奇•斯必兰，雷蒙德•钱德勒，或者是更当代些的罗伯特•菲特的犀利系列作品Baby Shark的爱好者，那么你也会喜欢本书。”书单，评论Sugar Pop Moon
“Don’t miss this absolutely riveting, gritty debut comingofage tale.
Absorbing and briskly paced, the story toggles deftly between 1906 and 1930. Despite abundant gunfire and bloodshed, the novel manages to successfully incorporate an idealistic tone. For readers who follow Kelli Stanley’s Miranda Corbie series or Reed Farrel Coleman’s Moe Prager books.” Library Journal, starred review, on Sugar Pop Moon
“This is a hardboiled, Prohibitionera novel and Jersey Leo is a welldeveloped, engaging character. The story moves fast, the violence is appropriate to the times, and there are laughoutloud moments amid the mayhem. Sure to appeal to fans of Mickey Spillane, Raymond Chandler, and, more currently, Robert Fate’s edgy Baby Shark series." Booklist, on Sugar Pop Moon
About the Author/作者介绍： 约翰•弗洛里奥的泽西•里奥系列小说的首部，Sugar Pop Moon已于2013年7月出版。他还与妻子Ouisie Shapiro合著了One Punch from the Promised Land (Lyons 出版社, 2013年9月)。弗洛里奥是一名获奖广告文案策划员，曾为PBS和Ovation制作电视节目。他为美国运通公司，佳能美国，美国职业棒球大联盟等策划的文案以印刷、网络和电视的形式大量出现在人们的视野中。约翰拥有南缅因州大学创意写作艺术硕士学位，并参与塞沃尼作家大会。他现与其妻子居住在布鲁克林。
John Florio’s first Jersey Leo novel, Sugar Pop Moon, published in July 2013. He is also the coauthor of One Punch from the Promised Land (Lyons Press, September 2013), which he wrote with his wife Ouisie Shapiro. Florio is an awardwinning advertising copywriter who has produced television programs for PBS and Ovation. His work for American Express, Canon USA, and Major League Baseball has appeared in print, on the web, and on TV. John holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine and has attended the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife.
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