Winner of the International Literature Prize, the new novel by Amos Oz is his first full-length work since the best-selling A Tale of Love and Darkness. Jerusalem, 1959. Shmuel Ash, a biblical scholar, is adrift in his young life when he finds work as a caregiver for a brilliant but cantankerous old man named Gershom Wald. There is, however, a third, mysterious presence in his ...(展开全部)

约翰•迪克森•卡尔，和阿加莎•克里斯蒂、埃勒里•奎因并称“推理黄金时代三大家”，独以密室题材构思见长，一生设计出五十余种不同类型的密室，被誉为“密室之王”。 一九三三年，卡尔出版基甸•菲尔博士系列首部作品《女巫角》。第二年他以笔名卡特•迪克森发表《瘟疫庄谋杀案》，亨利•梅利维尔爵士登场。这两个系列成为卡尔最具代表性的作品。三十年代是卡尔创作生涯最多产的时期，其中《三口棺材》《扭曲的铰链》（旧译《歪曲的枢纽》）和《犹大之窗》被后世评论家归入“卡尔的经典代表作”。特别是一九三五年出版的《三口棺材》以经典的“密室讲义”和“双重密室”成为推理史上不可能犯罪小说的巅峰之作，至今仍难以超越。 卡尔笔下的密室第一神探基甸•菲尔博士，是一个胖胖的字典编纂者，走路要拄两根拐杖，喜欢穿斗篷，抽着海泡石烟斗，个性相当和蔼可亲。他有着敏锐的观察力，善于分析罪犯的心理，出场代...(展开全部)

约翰•迪克森•卡尔，和阿加莎•克里斯蒂、埃勒里•奎因并称“推理黄金时代三大家”，独以密室题材构思见长，一生设计出五十余种不同类型的密室，被誉为“密室之王”。 一九三三年，卡尔出版基甸•菲尔博士系列首部作品《女巫角》。第二年他以笔名卡特•迪克森发表《瘟疫庄谋杀案》，亨利•梅利维尔爵士登场。这两个系列成为卡尔最具代表性的作品。三十年代是卡尔创作生涯最多产的时期，其中《三口棺材》《扭曲的铰链》（旧译《歪曲的枢纽》）和《犹大之窗》被后世评论家归入“卡尔的经典代表作”。特别是一九三五年出版的《三口棺材》以经典的“密室讲义”和“双重密室”成为推理史上不可能犯罪小说的巅峰之作，至今仍难以超越。 卡尔笔下的密室第一神探基甸•菲尔博士，是一个胖胖的字典编纂者，走路要拄两根拐杖，喜欢穿斗篷，抽着海泡石烟斗，个性相当和蔼可亲。他有着敏锐的观察力，善于分析罪犯的心理，出场代...(展开全部)

Virgil Hesse has disappeared. All that remains of him is a manuscript for a story: a locked room murder mystery. The Cosmigrove family reunites for the first time in years. The family's patriarch, the infamous Joseph Cosmigrove, is dying. He'd dedicated his life to his art -- and his death will prove to be nothing short of artistic. One morning, the family awakens to find that ...(展开全部)

Virgil Hesse has disappeared. All that remains of him is a manuscript for a story: a locked room murder mystery. The Cosmigrove family reunites for the first time in years. The family's patriarch, the infamous Joseph Cosmigrove, is dying. He'd dedicated his life to his art -- and his death will prove to be nothing short of artistic. One morning, the family awakens to find that ...(展开全部)

Nancy Tomes is Professor of History, State University of New York at Stony Brook, and author of The Art of Asylum-Keeping: Thomas Story Kirkbride and the Origins of American Psychiatry.