THREE STRANGE ANGELS: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 06000014B73799
English Summary/英文概要： Laura Kalpakian is the winner of a PEN West prize, an NEA award, two Pacific Northwest Booksellers’ Awards and an IMPAC nomination.
Her previous novels have been published in German, Polish and French.
The sudden death of bestselling novelist Francis Carson sends his literary agent rushing to Hollywood to rescue the reputation – and body – of his star client. Quentin Castle, junior partner at Castle Literary Agency, also hopes to find the manuscript that the author’s widow says he was working on when he died. That lost manuscript, and the influence of three women – a redoubtable expert on middle-class British housekeeping; a vivacious California girl; and Francis Carson’s enigmatic widow – will permanently alter the trajectory of Quentin’s career, and his life.
THREE STRANGE ANGELS is a novel for admirers and observers of the world of books and literature, fans of An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England; The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society; The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, and the classic Cakes and Ale and 84, Charing Cross Road. It’s a story of publishing as it used to – and ever will – be: a game of chance, and chancers, of charm and chicanery, of the big break, and the one that got away.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Laura Kalpakian是西部之笔奖项得主，一项全国教育协会奖项，以及两项太平洋西北书商奖和一项都柏林文学提名奖。
她以前的小说曾被翻译成德语、波兰语以及法语出版。
最畅销小说家Francis Carson的突然离世，除了使他的文学委托人火速赶到好莱坞——去拯救他的当事人的遗体和名声。Quentin Castle,城堡文学社的次要合伙人，也希望能找到作家妻子所说的他临死前的手稿。正是这份丢失的手稿和三个女人的影响——一个厉害的中层阶级英国管家、一个活泼的加利福尼亚女孩以及这位已故作家的神秘妻子，将永远改变Quentin的事业轨道，甚至他的一生。
《陌生三天使》这是部写给书籍文献的敬慕者和观察者的小说，写给新西兰那些从《纵火者指南》到《作家港湾》，从《根西岛文学》到《土豆皮馅饼协会》，从《A.J.Fikry传奇的一生》到经典的《蛋糕和麦酒》、《查令十字街84号》的书迷们。从过去到未来它都是一本关于出版的书：叙述着机遇与投机者，魅力与欺骗，刻骨铭心的分离与某些失去的人。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：“不论什么结果，老的故事，赋予有血有肉的人物灵魂，精心设计的情节，犀利的主题和显而易见的气氛，至少Laura Kalpakian，她仍一直写作着。”——华尔街日报“一个有趣的作者你需要经过一段时间才会明白她是多么聪明。”——纽约客
"Whatever happened to old-fashioned stories, with fleshed-out characters, well-crafted plots, strong themes, and palpable atmosphere? Laura Kalpakian, for one, is still writing them."--Wall Street Journal
“[s]o entertaining a writer it takes you a while to realize how smart she is.”—The New Yorker
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