The Savage Garden[野人花园]

作者 Mark Mills著
出版社 HarperCollins UK
出版时间 2007年1月第1版
ISBN 9780007161935
定价 89.50

内容简介

TheNo.1bestsellingnovelandRichard&JudySummerRead:ahauntingtaleofmurder,loveandlostinnocenceforfansofCarlosRuizZafonandJedRubenfeldBehindavillaintheheartofTuscanyliesaRenaissancegardenofenchantingbeauty.Itsgrottoes,paganstatuesandclassicalinscriptionsseemtohaveasecretlifeoftheirown–andasecretmessage,too,forthosewitheyestoreadit.YoungscholarAdamStricklandisjustsuchaperson.Arrivingin1958,hefindstheDoccifamily,theirhouseandtheuniquegardenasseductiveaseachother.Butpost-WarItalyisstillastrange,evendangerousplace,andtheDoccishavesomedarkskeletonshiddenawaywhichAdamfindshimselfcompelledtoinvestigate.Beforethismysteriousandbeautifulsummerends,Adamwilluncovertwostoriesoflove,revengeandmurder,separatedby400years…butisanothertragedyabouttobeaddedtothevilla'scursedpast?

作者简介

MarkMillsgraduatedfromCambridgeUniversityin1986.?HehaslivedinbothItalyandFrance,andhaswrittenforthescreen.Hisfirstnovel,‘TheWhaleboatHouse’,wonthe2004CrimeWriter'sAssociationforBestNovelbyadebutauthor.?Hissecondnovel,‘TheSavageGarden’hasreceivedstunningreviewsinhardbackandisaRichard&Judy2007SummerRead.HelivesinOxfordwithhiswifeandtwochildren.

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