乔纳森·科：我的清白的证据 The Proof of My Innocence

基本信息

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Imprint:Viking

ISBN:9780241678428

Published:7 Nov 2024

Weight:700g

Dimensions:234 x 153 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

这部小说出自英国受喜爱的小说家之一，以谋杀悬疑的形式对政治进行了极其有趣的批判

大学毕业后的生活并不适合 Phyl。时间过得非常慢，她回到父母身边，在希思罗机场 5 号航站楼为游客提供零工合同的日本料理。至于她萌芽中的作家计划，这些计划都无疾而终。

直到她的家庭朋友 Chris 来住。他一直在寻找一个邪恶的智囊团，该智囊团成立于 20 世纪 80 年代的剑桥大学，一直在策划将英国政府推向更极端的方向。这个智囊团终于准备将他们的计划付诸行动。但对权力说真话是危险的——权力会不择手段地保持统治地位。

英国新任首相的任期只有七周，克里斯在科茨沃尔德深处举行的一次会议上追寻着自己的故事，在那里，事情发生了险恶的转折，一起谋杀案的调查也很快开始了。但谜团的答案究竟是在当代政治中，还是在近四十年的文学谜团中？

《我的清白证明》跨越了几十年和流派，是英国受欢迎的小说家之一创作的一部诙谐幽默、犀利犀利的新小说，展示了理解当下的关键往往可以在过去模糊的角落中找到。

A blisteringly funny political critique wrapped up in a murder mystery, from one of Britain's most beloved novelists

Post-university life doesn't suit Phyl. Time passes slowly living back home with her parents, working a zero-hour contract serving Japanese food to tourists at Heathrow's Terminal 5. As for her budding plans of becoming a writer, those are going nowhere.

That is, until family friend Chris comes to stay. He's been on the path to uncover a sinister think-tank, founded at Cambridge University in the 1980s, that's been scheming to push the British government in a more extreme direction. One that's finally poised to put their plans into action. But speaking truth to power can be dangerous--and power will stop at nothing to stay on top.

As Britain finds itself under the leadership of a new Prime Minister whose tenure will only last for seven weeks, Chris pursues his story to a conference being held deep in the Cotswolds, where events take a sinister turn and a murder enquiry is soon in progress. But will the solution to the mystery lie in contemporary politics, or in a literary enigma that is almost forty years old?

Darting between decades and genres, The Proof of My Innocence is a wickedly funny and razor-sharp new novel from one of Britain's most beloved novelists, showing how the key to understanding the present can often be found in the murkiest corners of the past.

作者简介

乔纳森·科伊 1961 年出生于伯明翰西南郊区利基。他的第1部小说《意外的女人》于 1987 年出版。他畅销的小说包括《多么大的分割！》和《罗特俱乐部》（2001 年）。他获得过许多奖项和奖项，包括科斯塔年度小说奖和欧洲书奖。他凭借《睡眠之屋》获得法国梅迪西斯奖，并获得了意大利弗拉亚诺奖和鲍尔-卡福斯卡里奖。

Jonathan Coe was born in 1961 in Lickey, a suburb of south-west Birmingham. His first novel, The Accidental Woman was published in 1987. His best-selling novels include What a Carve Up! and The Rotters' Club (2001). He is the recipient of many prizes and awards, including both Costa Novel of the Year and Prix du Livre Européen. He won France's Prix Médicis for The House of Sleep and Italy's Premio Flaiano and Premio Bauer-Ca' Foscari.