帕特里克•怀特（1912—1990），澳大利亚小说家、剧作家，生于伦敦，半岁时随农场主父母搬至澳洲，在剑桥接受大学教育，“二战”前完成了几部小说但都未发表，“二战”中在英国皇家空军情报部门服役，1948年返回澳大利亚。 怀特善于使用澳大利亚渺莽的原野风景来挖掘人物神秘的 内心世界。其代表作有《幸福谷》《生者与死者》《姨母的故事》《人之树》《沃斯》《乘战车的人》《坚实的曼陀罗》《活体解剖者》《风暴眼》《树叶裙》，以及短篇小说集《白鹦鹉》《烧伤的人们》。1973年，帕特里克•怀特获诺贝尔文学奖。

Eudoxia is the consort of an elderly Greek who fancies himself a Byzantine emporer, Eddie is a hired hand in the Australian outback and Eadith is the madam of a London brothel. The central character in this book appears to all three, in France in 1914 and in Australia and London 25 years later.

Eddie Twyborn is bisexual and beautiful, the son of a Judge and a drunken mother. His search for identity, self-affirmation and love takes us into the ambiguous landscapes, sexual, psychological and spiritual, of the human condition.

Eddie Twyborn is bisexual and beautiful, the son of a Judge and a drunken mother. His search for identity, self-affirmation and love takes us into the ambiguous landscapes, sexual, psychological and spiritual, of the human condition.

Penguin celebrates the centennial of Graham Greene's birth with commemorativeeditions of his greatest works.

With a new introduction by Monica Ali The love affair between Maurice Bendix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off. Two years later, after a chance meeting, Bendix hires a private detective to follow Sarah, and slowly his love for her turns into an obsession.

With a new introduction by Monica Ali The love affair between Maurice Bendix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off. Two years later, after a chance meeting, Bendix hires a private detective to follow Sarah, and slowly his love for her turns into an obsession.

Penguin celebrates the centennial of Graham Greene's birth with commemorativeeditions of his greatest works.

The 1930s country house party packed with crooks, cops, and the usual suspects frame the perfect scene of the crime. This one assembles all the right ingredients--the theft of the fabled diamond necklace, the purloined antique pistols, the secret passage, the ravishing baroness with a past, the body in the lake.... What a pretty puzzle "Don't expect me to solve anything," Insp...(展开全部)

The 1930s country house party packed with crooks, cops, and the usual suspects frame the perfect scene of the crime. This one assembles all the right ingredients--the theft of the fabled diamond necklace, the purloined antique pistols, the secret passage, the ravishing baroness with a past, the body in the lake.... What a pretty puzzle "Don't expect me to solve anything," Insp...(展开全部)