帕特里克·莫迪亚诺（1945-），法国作家。生于巴黎，父亲是犹太金融企业家，母亲是比利时艺术家。1968年发表处女作《星形广场》一举成名。后创作的《夜间巡逻》（1969）、《环城林荫大道》（1972）均获得法国文坛上的重要奖项。1978年发表的《暗店街》获得当年的龚古尔文学奖。1996年获法国国家文学奖。《夜半撞车》是一部带有自传色彩的小说，具有典型的“新寓言派”特征，体现了作者一贯的写作风格。2003年由伽利玛出版社出版，在读者中产生了相当广泛的影响。

To underworld kingpins Meyer Lansky and Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Cuba was the greatest hope for the future of American organized crime in the post-Prohibition years. In the 1950s, the Mob—with the corrupt, repressive government of brutal Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista in its pocket—owned Havana's biggest luxury hotels and casinos, launching an unprecedented tourism boom compl...(展开全部)

In modern-day Havana, the remnants of the glamorous past are everywhere—the old hotel-casinos, vintage American cars, and flickering neon signs speak of a bygone era that is widely familiar and often romanticized, but little understood. In Havana Nocturne , T. J. English offers a riveting, multifaceted true tale of organized crime, political corruption, roaring nightlife, revo...(展开全部)