书目

The Fourth K

内容简介

APRESIDENTIALDYNASTY.ANARABTERRORISTATTACK.DEMOCRACYUNDERSIEGE.MarioPuzoenvisioneditallinhiseerilyprescient1991novel,TheFourthK.PresidentFrancisXavierKennedyiselectedtooffice,inlargepart,thankstothelegacyofhisforebears–goodlooks,privilege,wealth–andistheveryembodimentofyouthfuloptimism.Toosoon,however,heisbeatendownbythepoliticalprocessand,disabusedofhisideals,hebecomesaleadertotallyunlikewhathehasbeenbefore.Whenhisdaughterbecomesapawninabrutalterroristplot,Kennedy,whohasobsessivelykeptalivethememoryofhisuncles’assassinations,activatesallhispowertoretaliateinaseriesofviolentmeasures.Astheexplosiveeventsunfold,theworldandthoseclosesttohimlookonwithbothaweandhorror.

作者简介

MARIOPUZOwasborninNewYorkand,followingmilitaryserviceinWorldWarII,attendedNewYork’sNewSchoolforSocialResearchandColumbiaUniversity.Hisbest-knownnovel,TheGodfather,wasprecededbytwocriticallyacclaimednovels,TheDarkArenaandTheFortunatePilgrim.In1978,hepublishedFoolsDie,followedbyTheSicilian,TheFourthK,TheLastDon,Omerta,andTheFamily.MarioPuzohasalsowrittenseveralscreenplays,includingEarthquake,Superman,andallthreeGodfathermovies,forwhichhereceivedtwoAcademyAwards.HediedinJuly1999athishomeonLongIsland,NewYork,attheageofseventy-eight.

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