The Stranger is not merely one of the most widely read novels of the 20th century, but one of the books likely to outlive it. Written in 1946, Camus's compelling and troubling tale of a disaffected, apparently amoral young man has earned a durable popularity (and remains a staple of U.S. high school literature courses) in part because it reveals so vividly the anxieties of its ...(展开全部)

The Stranger is not merely one of the most widely read novels of the 20th century, but one of the books likely to outlive it. Written in 1946, Camus's compelling and troubling tale of a disaffected, apparently amoral young man has earned a durable popularity (and remains a staple of U.S. high school literature courses) in part because it reveals so vividly the anxieties of its ...(展开全部)

After her award-winning trilogy of Victorian novels, Sarah Waters turned to the 1940s and wrote THE NIGHT WATCH, a tender and tragic novel set against the backdrop of wartime Britain. Shortlisted for both the Orange and the Man Booker, it went straight to number one in the bestseller chart. In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at Hun...(展开全部)

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After her award-winning trilogy of Victorian novels, Sarah Waters turned to the 1940s and wrote THE NIGHT WATCH, a tender and tragic novel set against the backdrop of wartime Britain. Shortlisted for both the Orange and the Man Booker, it went straight to number one in the bestseller chart. In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at Hun...(展开全部)

安•鲁尔（1931—2015），21岁跟随祖父的脚步加入西雅图警局，一年半之后，因视力问题离开，5年后开始报道警方案件，1969年起全职从事真实罪案写作。 她主修过未成年人心理学、犯罪学和刑罚学，完成了犯罪现场调查、治安管理、犯罪现场摄影和抓捕、搜查和扣押等课程并获得了学位。 作为认证讲师，她在多个州讲课，内容包括：连环谋杀、施虐型反社会人格、杀戮妇女和表演型罪犯。 她是制定暴力犯罪逮捕计划（VI-CAP）的美国司法部特别工作组成员，并在参议院司法小组委员会就受害者权利和连环杀手的危险等问题两次作证。 鲁尔被誉为“美国最好的真实罪案作家”。

THE DEFINITIVE WORK OF AMERICAN TRUE CRIME FROM "AMERICA'S BEST TRUE-CRIME WRITER" (Kirkus Reviews) Utterly unique in its astonishing intimacy, as jarringly frightening as when it first appeared, Ann Rule's The Stranger Beside Me defies our expectation that we would surely know if a monster lived among us, worked alongside of us, appeared as one of us. With a slow chill th...(展开全部)