事前（大英图书馆犯罪小说经典） Before the Fact

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 256 pages

Publisher:British Library Publishing

Imprint:British Library Publishing

ISBN:9780712355506

Published:10 May 2024

Weight:262g

Dimensions:189 x 131 x 25 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

继《预谋的恶意》大获成功后，小说家安东尼·伯克利·考克斯又以弗朗西斯·艾尔斯为笔名，进行了另一次反推理实验。《预谋的恶意》是从凶手的角度研究谋杀，而《事实之前》则是一个精彩的故事，讲述了一个潜在受害者的怀疑以及她对令人不安的丈夫约翰尼的印象。

这部实验性的犯罪小说经典之作因其对人类情感和恐惧的深刻描绘而令人不安和扣人心弦，是阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克电影《深闺疑云》的基础，但今天仍然是一本引人入胜的文学读物。

Following the success of Malice Aforethought, novelist Anthony Berkeley Cox returned to his Francis Iles pen-name for another experiment in the inverted mystery. Where Malice Aforethought is a study of murder from the perpetrator’s perspective, Before the Fact is a masterful tale of the suspicions of a possible victim and her impressions of disquieting husband Johnnie.

Unsettling and gripping for its incisive portrayal of human emotion and fears, this experimental classic of crime fiction was the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Suspicion, but remains an arresting literary read today.

作者简介

弗朗西斯·艾尔斯是安东尼·伯克利·考克斯 (1893-1971) 的笔名，他是英国犯罪小说史上重要的人物之一。伯克利不仅是许多经典侦探小说的作者，也是有名侦探俱乐部的创始人，该俱乐部汇聚了优秀的犯罪小说作家。

Francis Iles was a pen name of Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893–1971), one of the most important figures in the history of British crime fiction. As well as being the author of many classic detective stories, Berkeley was the founder of the prestigious Detection Club for the finest crime writers.