内容摘要

利奥，一个被人民称为战争英雄的男人；一个一直把国家放在第一位的男人。他对自己的生活很满意，但因为一件案子把利奥平静的日子彻底打乱了。不同的地点，相同的手法；四十四具孩子的尸体，究竟凶手是谁？他又想做什么？

作者用最简单的文字写出了一段不寻常的故事，这是一本让你看完之后感触甚多的小说……

作者

作者罗布.汤姆.史密斯（生于1979年）英国作家。母亲是瑞典人父亲是英国人。史密斯从剑桥大学毕业之后，2001年他完成了在意大利的学业。然后又学了一年的创作和研究后，开始担任编剧。

他的第一本小说，"Child44"。出现在2008年，被翻译成17种语言。。2009年，他出版了第二本小说，“The Secret Speech"。被授予年度最佳惊悚的犯罪作品，同年11月，他被提名为2008年哥斯达黎加的新人奖。2009年7月，他获得了最佳销售阅读奖

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相关评论

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"Starred Review. The evocation of the deadly cloud-cuckoo-land ofRussia during Stalin's final days will remind many of Gorky Park andDarkness at Noon, but the novel remains Smith's alone, completelyoriginal and absolutely satisfying." - Publishers Weekly.

"Withsome 20 foreign sales to date and film rights already in Ridley Scott'shands, this successor to Hannibal Lector's lurid mantle has nonstopplotting, a nonstop pace, and even a surprise ending. Horror genrereaders will thrill to it; others may be advised to ask for a barf bagas well as their date due slip." - Library Journal.

"Nerve-wracking pace and atmosphere camouflage wild coincidences. Smashing." - Kirkus Reviews.

"Child 44 is a remarkable debut novel - inventive, edgy andrelentlessly gripping from the first page to the last." - Scott Turow.

"An amazing debut-rich, different, fully formed, mature ... and thrilling." - Lee Child.

"This is a truly remarkable debut novel. Child 44 is a rare blend ofgreat insight, excellent writing, and a refreshingly original story.Favorable comparisons to Gorky Park are inevitable, but Child 44 is ina class of its own." - Nelson DeMille.

引用

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" I killed them so you would find me. I killed them to make you come home..." --- Andrei

" I was young and you are powerful, that was season I married to you.” --- Rasia