""Double Jeopardy" recounts the twin stories spanning two generations of two pairs of male buddies. . . . Transglobal gunrunning, insurrection in a Malaysian rubber plantation, storm-tossed stowaways, mutiny at high sea, armed bank robberies, cannibalism under the streets of Paris and, of course, the infinite complications of unrequited love--all drive the reader from page to p...(展开全部)

In a typical conflation of mystery, comedy, and the remarkable, fortune-teller Bouc Bel-Air tells Paul J., "Everything will come in twos, always more or less in twos." Little does Paul realize that he and his friend will be caught in a wild adventure of gun running, robbery, and insurrection, taking them to distant Malaysia aboard the mutinous Boustrophedon in which characters,...(展开全部)

In a typical conflation of mystery, comedy, and the remarkable, fortune-teller Bouc Bel-Air tells Paul J., "Everything will come in twos, always more or less in twos." Little does Paul realize that he and his friend will be caught in a wild adventure of gun running, robbery, and insurrection, taking them to distant Malaysia aboard the mutinous Boustrophedon in which characters,...(展开全部)

In a typical conflation of mystery, comedy, and the remarkable, fortune-teller Bouc Bel-Air tells Paul J., "Everything will come in twos, always more or less in twos." Little does Paul realize that he and his friend will be caught in a wild adventure of gun running, robbery, and insurrection, taking them to distant Malaysia aboard the mutinous Boustrophedon in which characters,...(展开全部)

In a typical conflation of mystery, comedy, and the remarkable, fortune-teller Bouc Bel-Air tells Paul J., "Everything will come in twos, always more or less in twos." Little does Paul realize that he and his friend will be caught in a wild adventure of gun running, robbery, and insurrection, taking them to distant Malaysia aboard the mutinous Boustrophedon in which characters,...(展开全部)

""Double Jeopardy" recounts the twin stories spanning two generations of two pairs of male buddies. . . . Transglobal gunrunning, insurrection in a Malaysian rubber plantation, storm-tossed stowaways, mutiny at high sea, armed bank robberies, cannibalism under the streets of Paris and, of course, the infinite complications of unrequited love--all drive the reader from page to p...(展开全部)

他是史上智商最高的作家，四岁通读《圣经》，十五岁发表诗作，三十岁时在四百个城市开设银行；四十岁时他一贫如洗，开始创作侦探小说糊口，五十岁时作品累计印数超过八千万册，和埃勒里•奎因并称为美国侦探小说黄金时代最高成就者；他是一位英勇的反纳粹斗士，为了理想放弃了每年超过一千万美元的收入，得到了罗斯福总统和美国民众的称赞。他就是雷克斯•斯托特！

埃勒里·奎因（ElleryQueen），推理小说史上一个非凡的名字，实指弗雷德里克·丹奈（FredericDannay，1905—1982）和曼弗里德·李（ManfredLee，1905—1971）这对表兄弟作家。他们的创作时间长达半个世纪，作品多达数十部，全球销量约计两亿册；他们曾五获埃德加·爱伦·坡奖；他们的四部“悲剧系列”和九部“国名系列”作品被公认为推理小说史上难以逾越的佳作；他们于1941年创办的《埃勒里·奎因神秘杂志》（EQMM）成为劳伦斯·布洛克、迈克尔·康柰利等推理大家起飞的平台，迄今仍是最专业、最权威的推理文学杂志之一；他们出资设立“密室研讨小组”，定期与约翰·狄克森·卡尔、克雷顿·劳森等推理大师交流、切磋……他们成就的不仅仅是自己，更为成就推理小说的黄金时代书写了浓墨重彩。

埃勒里·奎因（ElleryQueen），推理小说史上一个非凡的名字，实指弗雷德里克·丹奈（FredericDannay，1905—1982）和曼弗里德·李（ManfredLee，1905—1971）这对表兄弟作家。他们的创作时间长达半个世纪，作品多达数十部，全球销量约计两亿册；他们曾五获埃德加·爱伦·坡奖；他们的四部“悲剧系列”和九部“国名系列”作品被公认为推理小说史上难以逾越的佳作；他们于1941年创办的《埃勒里·奎因神秘杂志》（EQMM）成为劳伦斯·布洛克、迈克尔·康柰利等推理大家起飞的平台，迄今仍是最专业、最权威的推理文学杂志之一；他们出资设立“密室研讨小组”，定期与约翰·狄克森·卡尔、克雷顿·劳森等推理大师交流、切磋……他们成就的不仅仅是自己，更为成就推理小说的黄金时代书写了浓墨重彩。

埃勒里·奎因（ElleryQueen），推理小说史上一个非凡的名字，实指弗雷德里克·丹奈（FredericDannay，1905—1982）和曼弗里德·李（ManfredLee，1905—1971）这对表兄弟作家。他们的创作时间长达半个世纪，作品多达数十部，全球销量约计两亿册；他们曾五获埃德加·爱伦·坡奖；他们的四部“悲剧系列”和九部“国名系列”作品被公认为推理小说史上难以逾越的佳作；他们于1941年创办的《埃勒里·奎因神秘杂志》（EQMM）成为劳伦斯·布洛克、迈克尔·康柰利等推理大家起飞的平台，迄今仍是最专业、最权威的推理文学杂志之一；他们出资设立“密室研讨小组”，定期与约翰·狄克森·卡尔、克雷顿·劳森等推理大师交流、切磋……他们成就的不仅仅是自己，更为成就推理小说的黄金时代书写了浓墨重彩。