Darkly funny account of the office worker’s mindset by the celebrated French novelist A long-suffering employee in a big corporation has summoned up the courage to ask for a raise. But as he runs through the looming encounter in his mind, his neuroses come to the surface: What is the best day to see the boss? What if he doesn’t offer you a seat when you go into his office? The ...(展开全部)

Darkly funny account of the office worker’s mindset by the celebrated French novelist A long-suffering employee in a big corporation has summoned up the courage to ask for a raise. But as he runs through the looming encounter in his mind, his neuroses come to the surface: What is the best day to see the boss? What if he doesn’t offer you a seat when you go into his office? The ...(展开全部)

'Hill is an instinctive and complete novelist who is blessed with a spontaneous storytelling gift' Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday If you've already met Dalziel and Pascoe, you're in for a treat. If you haven't yet had the pleasure, you're in for a revelation! Here in four stories we track their partnership from curtain-up to last act; from the mean streets of Mid-Yorkshire to...(展开全部)

雷吉纳德•希尔Reginald Charles Hill （1936—2012 ） 雷吉纳德•希尔出生于英国的达勒姆郡。一九六〇年自牛津大学圣凯瑟琳学院毕业后任职教育界，一九八一年起专职写作。在他的系列罪案小说中，他刻画的人物形象“达尔齐尔和帕斯科”被英国《每日电讯报》称为“罪案现场最佳神探二人组”。英国媒体盛赞他为“英国在世最优秀的罪案作家”。著有最具反差性格却最有默契的“达尔齐尔和帕斯科”警探系列。这套以英国约克郡为故事场景的系列作品，已创作二十余部，声势至今不坠。此成就也使作者成为推理文坛的佼佼者。 希尔的小说中时常展其深厚的文学功力及周密的布局思考，角色塑造鲜明生动，对白机智风趣，擅长描绘人性的恐惧与失落，在营造紧张气氛上则熟练而有节奏；故事结构往往多线交错，却时时点缀从未失手的幽默氛围，然而谜团的设计合情入理，给人相当真实的感受。在一九七〇...(展开全部)

雷吉纳德•希尔Reginald Charles Hill （1936—2012 ） 雷吉纳德•希尔出生于英国的达勒姆郡。一九六〇年自牛津大学圣凯瑟琳学院毕业后任职教育界，一九八一年起专职写作。在他的系列罪案小说中，他刻画的人物形象“达尔齐尔和帕斯科”被英国《每日电讯报》称为“罪案现场最佳神探二人组”。英国媒体盛赞他为“英国在世最优秀的罪案作家”。著有最具反差性格却最有默契的“达尔齐尔和帕斯科”警探系列。这套以英国约克郡为故事场景的系列作品，已创作二十余部，声势至今不坠。此成就也使作者成为推理文坛的佼佼者。 希尔的小说中时常展其深厚的文学功力及周密的布局思考，角色塑造鲜明生动，对白机智风趣，擅长描绘人性的恐惧与失落，在营造紧张气氛上则熟练而有节奏；故事结构往往多线交错，却时时点缀从未失手的幽默氛围，然而谜团的设计合情入理，给人相当真实的感受。在一九七〇...(展开全部)

Pascoe's Ghost finds the inspector investigating the fate of a woman who seems to have slipped out of the world, and hasn't been seen by a soul for a year-unless you count her brother, who claims her ghost is haunting him. Dalziel's Ghost sees the man who normally wouldn't be seen dead in a graveyard expressing a surprising interest in "the other side". One Small Step, looks to...(展开全部)

作者：S.伊丽莎白，作家、策展人和求道者。她的父母是占星师和建筑师的奇异组合，她对魔法的爱好与生俱来，并通过文字来描述她所热爱的造型艺术。她是《神秘学活动书》（第一卷和第二卷）的作者之一，还著有《神秘主义艺术图鉴》《黑暗艺术图鉴》《幻想艺术图鉴》等书。 译者：张心童，同声传译，图书翻译，已出版译作《世界花纹与图案大典》《神秘主义艺术图鉴》《神秘主义符号图鉴》《装饰的法则》《艺术的精神》《20世纪简史》《与古斯塔夫国王共进晚宴》《但丁》等，诗歌创作散见于《世界日报》《侨报》等。现定居美国旧金山。