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TheMadonnaoftheSleepingCars

内容简介

Oneofthebiggestbestsellersofalltime,andoneofthefirstandmostinfluentialspynovelsofthetwentiethcentury,isbackinprintforthefirsttimesince1948AlanFurstfanswillnotethattrainpassengersinhisbestsellingthrillersareoftenobservedreadingTheMadonnaoftheSleepingCars.It’sasmartdetail:Firstpublishedin1927,thebookwasoneofthetwentiethcentury’sfirstmassivebestsellers,sellingover15millioncopiesworldwide.It’sthestoryoftwotremendouslycharmingcharacterswhoembarkonaglamorousadventureontheOrientExpress—andfindthemselvesonathrillingrideacrossEuropeandintothejust-barelyunveiledterritoriesofpsychoanalysisandrevolutionarysocialism.GerardSeliman—technically,aPrince—issodiscouragedbythedemiseofhismarriagethathefleestoLondontobecomethepersonalassistantofaglamorousmemberoftheBritishpeerage,LadyDianaWyndham.ButhesoonfindshimselfinvolvedinawildschemebyLadyDianatosaveherselffromloomingfinancialruinwhilesimultaneouslyfendingoffrichlotharios.Atthecenterofitall:aplantorescueherrightstoaRussianoilfieldnowunderthecontrolofrevolutionarieswhodon’tlikecapitalists.Thebookthatsetthestandardforintellectualthrillersofpoliticalandsocialintrigue,TheMadonnaoftheSleepingCars,withitsjetsettingandwittyprotagonists,isstillasfreshapage-turnerasever—andasfun.

作者简介

MauriceDekobrawasborninParisin1885andfirstbecameknownasasubversivejournalistbeforebecomingoneofEurope’sbiggestbestsellingnovelistsinthe1920sand’30s.HetaughtattheUniversityofBerlin,shotbiggameinAfrica,canoedontheNile,andtranslatedDefoe,JackLondon,andO.Henry(amongothers)intohisnativeFrench.InEurope,heremainsanauthorofgreatrenown—evenmeritinghisownadjective,dekobrisme,forhisstylisticinvention.NealWainwrighttranslatedmanyofMauriceDekobra’sbooksandthetwobecameclosefriends—soclosethatDekbobradedicatedTheMadonnaoftheSleepingCarstohim.RenéSteinkeistheauthorofthenovelsTheFiresandHolySkirts(2005NationalBookAwardfinalist),afictionalizedaccountofthelifeoftheartistBaronessElsavonFreytag-Loringhoven.HerarticleshaveappearedintheNewYorkTimes,Vogue,Bookforum,TriQuarterlyandelsewhere,andsheteacheswritingatFairleighDickinsonUniversity.

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