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Engleby

'A compelling read.. thrillingly moving'

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麥克．恩格比心中藏著一個秘密……

這是則關於恩格比的故事，一位出生於七十年代藍領階級家庭的小男孩，刻苦勤學好不容易在英倫最高學府劍橋大學贏得一席之地。藉由恩格比之口，這位經濟拮据、衣著品味不佳且缺乏自信不善於表達的男孩，直陳英國教育的諸多問題。

然而在種種恩格比犀利觀察底下，卻潛藏著一個令人不安的事實。珍妮佛，這位恩格比所仰慕的女孩，有一天卻神秘的失蹤了。究竟眼光銳利的恩格比，能否洞悉一切、揭開背後的真相？

Mike Engleby has a secret…

This is the story of Mike Engleby, a working-class boy in the seventies who wins a place at an esteemed English university. But with the disappearance of Jennifer, the undergraduate Engleby admires from afar, the story turns into a mystery of gripping power. Sebastian Faulks's new novel is a bolt from the blue, unlike anything he has ever written before contemporary, demotic, heart-wrenching -and funny, in the deepest shade of black.

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My name is Mike Engleby, and I'm in my second year at an ancient university. My college was founded in 1662, which means it's viewed here as modern. Its chapel was designed by Hawksmoor, or possibly Wren; its gardens were laid out by someone else whose name is familiar. The choir stalls were carved by the only woodcarver you've ever heard of. The captain of the Boat Club won a gold medal at an international games last year. (I think he's studying physical education.) The captain of cricket has played for Pakistan, though he talks like the Prince of Wales. The teachers, or ‘dons', include three university professors, one of whom was on the radio recently talking about lizards. He's known as the Iguanodon.

Tonight, I won't study in my room because there's the weekly meeting of the Folk Club. Almost all the boys in my college go to this, not for the music, though it's normally quite good, but because lots of girl students come here for the evening. The only boys who don't go are those with a work compulsion, or the ones who think folk music died when Bob Dylan went electric.

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■塞巴斯欽．佛克斯／Sebastian Faulks

Born 20 April 1953, Sebastian Charles Faulks CBE FRSL is a British novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He is best known for his historical novels set in France – The Girl at the Lion d'Or, Birdsong and Charlotte Gray. He has also published novels with a contemporary setting, most recently A Week in December (2009) and Paris Echo (2018), and a James Bond continuation novel, Devil May Care (2008), as well as a continuation of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series, Jeeves and the Wedding Bells (2013). He was a team captain on BBC Radio 4 literary quiz The Write Stuff.

作者：塞巴斯欽．佛克斯／Sebastian Faulks

版本：Reprint Edition

規格：平裝／Paperback，13 x 19.8 x 2.5 cm，344頁

出版商： Vintage Publishing

商標：VINTAGE BOOKS

出版日期：2008年05月06日

語言：英文

ISBN-13：978-0-099-45827-2

書頁泛黃非新品，書脊有閱讀摺痕，附保護書套，不介意物品狀況再行購買。

Condition: Good. Pre-owned book with minor creases at the spine but the book is in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact as well. With dust jacket.

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