Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher's policies have put husbands and sons out of work, and the city's notorious drugs epidemic is waiting in the wings. Shuggie's mother Agnes walks a wayward path: she is Shuggie's guiding light but a ...(展开全部)

道格拉斯·斯图尔特 Douglas Stuart 苏格兰作家、服装设计师。 1976年生于英国格拉斯哥市一个一贫如洗的工人家庭，十六岁时，母亲因饮酒过量而遽然离世。而后，他独自一人搬入寄宿公寓，完成高中学业并进入大学主修纺织设计。他曾作为服装设计师服务于多家品牌，目前专职写作。 《舒吉·贝恩》是斯图尔特的处女作，寄托了他对母亲无尽的回忆与爱。这本书他写了十年，曾被拒稿三十二次，出版后即斩获布克奖。

Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher's policies have put husbands and sons out of work, and the city's notorious drugs epidemic is waiting in the wings. Shuggie's mother Agnes walks a wayward path: she is Shuggie's guiding light but a ...(展开全部)

道格拉斯·斯图尔特 Douglas Stuart 苏格兰作家、服装设计师。 1976年生于英国格拉斯哥市一个一贫如洗的工人家庭，十六岁时，母亲因饮酒过量而遽然离世。而后，他独自一人搬入寄宿公寓，完成高中学业并进入大学主修纺织设计。他曾作为服装设计师服务于多家品牌，目前专职写作。 《舒吉·贝恩》是斯图尔特的处女作，寄托了他对母亲无尽的回忆与爱。这本书他写了十年，曾被拒稿三十二次，出版后即斩获布克奖。

It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth). But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and soon she and her three children find themselves trapped in a decima...(展开全部)

It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth). But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and soon she and her three children find themselves trapped in a decima...(展开全部)

You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane. Enjoy the flight.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.Winner of The Story Prize • A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book • One of USA Today’s top 10 books of the yearRecalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and co...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.Winner of The Story Prize • A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book • One of USA Today’s top 10 books of the yearRecalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and co...(展开全部)