阿瑟·黑利（Arthur Hailey），1920出生于英格兰贝德福德郡卢顿区，1939年第二次世界大战爆发后，加入英国皇家空军，直至1947年定居加拿大。他所出版的作品在欧美国家获得了巨大的成功，被誉为“行业小说之王”。他的11部作品被翻译成40种文字，总印数超过1.7亿册。阿瑟·黑利称自己的大脑“无时无刻不在编织故事”，他擅长把日常的故事写成引人入胜的小说。他常以美国社会中的一些重要行业为故事背景，如金融业、医疗行业、交通运输、新闻传媒等。故事情节多半围绕先进与落后、革新与保守之间的斗争展开，主人公多为精通专业技术、事业心强、果敢坚决的中产阶级知识分子。他的作品在欧美国家获得了巨大的成功，其中《大饭店》甚至成了酒店管理专业学生必读的“教科书”。

阿瑟·黑利（Arthur Hailey），1920出生于英格兰贝德福德郡卢顿区，1939年第二次世界大战爆发后，加入英国皇家空军，直至1947年定居加拿大。他所出版的作品在欧美国家获得了巨大的成功，被誉为“行业小说之王”。他的11部作品被翻译成40种文字，总印数超过1.7亿册。阿瑟·黑利称自己的大脑“无时无刻不在编织故事”，他擅长把日常的故事写成引人入胜的小说。他常以美国社会中的一些重要行业为故事背景，如金融业、医疗行业、交通运输、新闻传媒等。故事情节多半围绕先进与落后、革新与保守之间的斗争展开，主人公多为精通专业技术、事业心强、果敢坚决的中产阶级知识分子。他的作品在欧美国家获得了巨大的成功，其中《大饭店》甚至成了酒店管理专业学生必读的“教科书”。

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Wanton youth seen through lush, dreamy, and sweeping watercolors. Rendered in vividwatercolorwhere parquet floors and patterned dresses morph together, "The Wrong Place "revolves around the often absent Robbie, a charismatic lothario of mysterious celebrity who has the run of a city that is as chaotic as it is resplendent. Robbie's sexual energy captivates the attention of men ...(展开全部)

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