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油迹斑斑的阴谋

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SINCE oil lubricates almost every geopolitical machination, triggering wars, coups and uprisings, it is a bit curious that there are so few thrillers written about the stuff. “The Garden of Betrayal” is a welcome addition to a tiny subgenre.

几乎所有地缘政治阴谋,引发战争,政变和动乱背后都有石油的魅影,而迄今为止关于石油的惊悚小说寥寥无几,莫不让人略感好奇。《背叛花园》不失时机,为这一狭小的惊悚流派分支增添一笔。

Lee Vance, a former partner at Goldman Sachs, brings an insider’s knowledge of the oil industry to this financial thriller. The picture he paints is engrossing though far from appealing. His cast includes a rapacious senator and his sleazy assistant, grasping middlemen, contract killers, a dying and duplicitous Mr Fix-it and, unusually for nowadays, a team of Mossad agents who are both humane and efficient.

曾是高盛合伙人的李万思,作为一个圈内人,将其对石油行业的了解融入到这本金融界惊悚小说的创作当中。他所描绘的景象虽不美轮美奂,但也却引人入胜。他的演员阵容囊括一位贪婪的议员和他卑劣的助手,贪得无厌的中介商,职业杀手,奄奄一息,反复无常的“难不倒”先生以及一群极富人性而办事有效的摩萨德特工,近来,摩萨德特工已经很少出现于各大小说中。

“The Garden of Betrayal” is also subtly educational. Mr Vance has mastered the trick of gently feeding insider snippets to his readers without overloading them with information. The scenes at industrial conferences and the sordid backroom deals taking place behind the glitz are remarkably convincing.

《背叛花园》也寓含教育意义。李万思先生技巧把握到位,在缓缓向读者叙述一些鲜为人知的内部秘密的同时,避免连篇累牍地堆积这些信息。不论是业界大会盛况,还是这些盛会后秘密签署肮脏协议,描写的种种场景,莫不让人信服。

The book’s protagonist, Mark Wallace, is an energy analyst. His 12-year-old son, Kyle, was kidnapped seven years earlier, leaving a mess of unresolved grief and guilt and a crippled marriage. Mark has never given up the search for his son but his wife is drifting away and seems about to leave. Suddenly, work and family life combine, with perilous consequences.

本书的主角马克华莱士是一名能源分析员。7年前,他12岁的儿子卡尔遭人绑架,家庭随即陷入混乱,悲伤挥之不去,婚姻分崩离析。马克从未放弃寻找他的儿子,但是她妻子逐渐置身事外,似乎准备离开马克。突然间,工作与家庭生活融为一体,悬于一线。更多信息请访问:http://www.24en.com/

One day he is offered priceless information about the true state of the Saudi oil reserves. Then a new Russian pipeline explodes causing destruction and loss of life. The explosion is blamed on an accident but Mark knows otherwise. Simultaneously, he has a new lead on his son. The combination of these events drags him deep into the kind of vast and sinister conspiracy that thriller writers love. Mr Vance pulls it off with style, providing thought-provoking entertainment for early autumn reading.

一天,他获得一些有关沙特石油储量真实情况的宝贵信息。之后一条新建的俄罗斯石油管道爆炸,造成巨大破坏和人员伤亡。这次爆炸被归咎于意外事故但是马克知道,此间另有隐情。与此同时,他也获得有关儿子的新线索。这一系列事件纠结在一起,使他深陷于一个惊天的罪恶阴谋——惊悚小说作者的最爱素材。李万思以自己独有的笔触,将其悉数道来,在这初秋时节,为读者带来富于趣味却发人深思的阅读体验。
 

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