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Alison Wonderland
Helen Smith
其他書名
A Novel
出版Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012
主題Fiction / GeneralFiction / LiteraryFiction / Mystery & Detective / GeneralFiction / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
ISBN054784803X9780547848037
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=1QOjXwAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋“Only occasionally does a piece of fiction leap out and demand immediate cult status. Alison Wonderland is one . . . Smith is at the very least a minor phenomenon.”—Times (UK)

After Alison Temple discovers that her husband is cheating on her, she does what any jilted woman would do—she spray paints a nasty message for him on her wedding dress and takes a job with the detective firm that found him out. Being a researcher at the all-female Fitzgerald’s Bureau of Investigation in London is certainly a change of pace from her previous life, especially considering the characters Alison meets in the line of duty. There is her boss, the estimable Mrs. Fitzgerald; Taron, Alison’s eccentric best friend, who claims her mother is a witch; Jeff, her love-struck, poetry-writing neighb∨ and last, but not least, her psychic postman.

Clever, quirky, and infused with just a hint of magic, Alison Wonderland is a literary novel about a memorable heroine coping with the everyday complexities of modern life.

“A fantastical Thelma and Louise meets Agatha Christie adventure story. The dialogue is smart and the deadpan humor is perfectly judged.”—The List (UK)

HELEN SMITH is a member of the Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain. She writes novels, children’s books, poetry, plays, and screenplays, and was the recipient of an Arts Council England grant.