HIGH DIVE
Book ID/图书代码： 00200014B73475
English Summary/英文概要： In September 1984, a man calling himself Roy Walsh checked into The Grand Hotel in Brighton, England, and planted a bomb in room 629. The device, set on a long delay timer that pushed the limits of engineering skill at the time, was primed to explode in twenty-four days, six hours and six minutes when intelligence had confirmed that Margaret Thatcher and her whole cabinet would be staying in the hotel.
Taking us inside one of the 20th century’s most ambitious assassination attempts – “making history personal,” as one character puts it – Lee’s novel moves between the luxurious hospitality of a British tourist town and the troubled city of Belfast, Ireland, at the height of the armed struggle between the Irish Republican Army and those loyal to the UK government.
The story moves between fiction and fact, changing perspective between Sam, a young Irishman who gets caught up in the bomb plot; Moose, the ambitious deputy manager planning every detail of the prime minister’s visit, set upon career advancement at last, and his daughter, Freya, who is marking time working in the hotel while she decides what to make of her life.
Jonathan Lee has been described as ‘a British writer on the cusp of greatness’ – in supple prose that makes room for laughter as well as tears, his third novel, HIGH DIVE is a darkly intimate portrait of how the ordinary may unfold into tragedy
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1984年九月,一名自称Roy Walsh的男子住进了英格兰的布赖顿大酒店,并在629房间安放了一枚炸弹。装置设置在一个长延迟计时器上可以推动工程技术的限定,在24天内, 当玛格丽特.撒切尔和她的整个内阁将住在酒店情报被证实后的6小时6分钟时引爆。
整个故事将我们个置身于一部20世纪的最雄心勃勃的暗杀当中——“让历史个人化,”正如角色所体现的——李的小说在发生在英国旅游小镇豪华酒店和爱尔兰贝尔法斯特的困境之城之间,以武装斗争的高度出现在爱尔兰共和军和那些英国政府的忠于者之间。
故事虚实结合，以几个主人公的视角展开描写，深陷炸弹阴谋的年轻爱尔兰人Sam； 拼命为了自己的职业能够晋升，精心安排着首相来访每一个细节的雄心勃勃的副经理Moose ；还有他的女儿，暂时在酒店凑合着工作但其实有对人生另有打算的Freya。
Jonathan Lee 被誉为英国顶尖文学巨匠，作品有血有肉，充满欢笑和泪水，他的第三部小说《高空跳台》就像一张黑暗的自画像，讲述了普通人最终陷入悲剧的故事。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：‘故事同时以宏观微观的角度深入描述了人性的挣扎。Lee的作品尖锐深刻，文笔流畅，也不失幽默。最重要的是它十分真实，你总能在这些中找人物中找到自己的影子，我十分喜欢这本书，为它感同身受。----Evie Wyld
《高空跳台》是一部既能引人深思又能惹人发笑的作品，抒发了真实情感。最重要是它不同于其他小说的鲜有的真实性----Alexander Maksik
英国小说的新生力量----卫报
‘A completely absorbing novel about the lives of people who struggle in small and massive ways. Lee’s writing is poignant, fluid, and very funny. Above all else it feels honest – you can see yourself in all of his characters. I really did love this book, and I’m still thinking and worrying about it.’ Evie Wyld
‘HIGH DIVE is both wistful and very funny. It is also genuinely lyrical. But more than anything, what distinguishes it from so many other novels is its rare sincerity.’ Alexander Maksik
‘A major new voice in British fiction.’ The Guardian
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