壞胚子:騙子、殺手、叛徒與無賴的真實故事 (12個故事、12個獨特的人生)
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壞胚子:騙子、殺手、叛徒與無賴的真實故事 (12個故事、12個獨特的人生)

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壞胚子:騙子、殺手、叛徒與無賴的真實故事 (12個故事、12個獨特的人生): : 1212 Washington Post National Magazine AwardsOrwell prizeNational Book Critics Circle Award Patrick Radden Keefe The New YorkerThe Snakehead : An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream, 2009Chatter: Uncovering the Echelon Surveillance Network and the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping, 2006Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern IrelandEmpire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty,

作者: 派崔克.拉登.基夫  |  譯者: 林熙強 / 吳侑達 / 汪冠歧 / 王婉茜


        一幅引人入勝又深刻的罪犯和流氓的人性肖像。
  12個故事、12個獨特的人生,都在作者善於解讀人心的天賦下抽絲剝繭。
  每個故事都精采絕倫、扣人心弦,讀來欲罷不能、愛不釋手。
  每個故事都在提醒我們,這個世界和人比我們想像的更有趣、複雜而且感人。

  「《壞胚子》的情節緊湊,帶有懸疑感……基夫是說故事大師,以文字敘述犯罪事件如何開展,創造出緊張的氣氛。」──《華盛頓郵報》(Washington Post)

  本書是《紐約時報》暢銷書,敘述十二個有關犯罪與詭計的真實故事,扣人心弦。作者派崔克.拉登.基夫是近年來表現極為傑出的記者,暢銷作品有《疼痛帝國》、《什麼都別說》等。他詳細報導各種作奸犯科的故事,寫作風格引人入勝,一手包辦國家雜誌獎(National Magazine Awards)、歐威爾獎(Orwell prize)和國家書評獎(National Book Critics Circle Award)等各項大獎。他整理了十二篇發表於《紐約客》頗受讚譽的文章,重新編寫成書。

  《壞胚子》以精妙的文筆探究一樁價值十五萬美元的假冒老酒案背後盤根錯節的案情,檢驗一名揭發瑞士銀行洗錢醜聞的吹哨人究竟是英雄還是騙子;書寫他與名廚安東尼.波登在越南相處的過程;記錄某位性格海派開朗的國際黑市軍火商如何遭逮捕;描繪一位專門幫罪大惡極客戶辯護的死刑律師,並寫下其他令人讚賞的新聞報導作品。

  每個故事都在提醒我們,這個世界和人比我們想像的更有趣、複雜而且感人。作者對人們不良行為的各種方式進行細緻的報導與研究,正如同他在前言中所述:「本書收錄的文章都是我過去十幾年來的作品,反映出我長久思索的主題:罪行與腐敗、秘密與謊言、正當與非正當兩個世界之間那片可以互相滲透的薄膜、家人的連結、否認的力量。」讀者可以從中看到,他的作品形成了一幅引人入勝但又深刻的罪犯和流氓的人性肖像,以及他所描繪的罪犯、惡徒和站出來反抗他們的人,他使用的文字風格一如往常那樣充滿魅力,同時閃耀著人性的光輝。


作者

派崔克.拉登.基夫(Patrick Radden Keefe)

  《紐約客》(The New Yorker)編制內撰稿人,著有《蛇頭:唐人街黑社會與美國夢的史詩故事》(The Snakehead : An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream, 2009)、《喋喋不休:揭開梯隊系統監視網絡和全球竊聽的秘密世界》(Chatter: Uncovering the Echelon Surveillance Network and the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping, 2006)、《什麼都別說:北愛爾蘭謀殺與記憶的真實故事》(Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland)、《疼痛帝國:薩克勒家族製藥王朝秘史》(Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty, 2021),本書獲得2021年巴美列.捷福獎(Baillie Gifford Prize)非虛構寫作獎,以及《壞胚子:騙子、殺手、叛徒與無賴的真實故事》(Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks, 2022)等廣受好評的著作。基夫也製作並主持了八集Podcast 節目《變遷之風》(Wind of Change),討論冷戰時期間諜與重金屬音樂的奇異交集,登上2020年《娛樂週刊》(Entertainment Weekly)Podcast排行榜榜首,在《衛報》(The Guardian)網站有一千萬次以上的收聽下載紀錄。

  2014年基夫獲頒美國國家雜誌獎(National Magazine Award)特稿寫作獎,2015、2016年入圍美國國家雜誌獎報導寫作獎。此外,基夫也曾榮獲古根漢獎學金(Guggenheim Fellowship)與新美國基金會(New America)艾瑞克和溫蒂.施密特獎學金(Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fellowship)。在此之前,基夫曾在求學時期獲得英國馬歇爾獎學金(Marshall Scholarship),並陸續於劍橋大學和倫敦政經學院進修兩個碩士學位,後來取得耶魯大學法律博士學位。基夫成長於波士頓,現居紐約。

譯者

王婉茜(前言、第1-4章)


  臺灣大學大翻譯碩士學位學程碩士,現為全職譯者。曾參與《大貶值》、《黃金海盜時代》與《壞胚子》三本書的合譯工作。

吳侑達(第5-6章)

  臺灣大學翻譯碩士學位學程筆譯組畢。

汪冠岐(第7-8章)

  臺灣大學翻譯碩士學位學程筆譯組畢。譯有《人物的解剖》(合譯)、《暴力鬼才昆汀塔倫提諾》(合譯)、《視覺系天才魏斯.安德森》(合譯)、《文案大師教你精準勸敗術》、《讀心:我們因此理解或誤判他人意圖的心智理論》、《多面英雄凱因斯》(合譯)。

林熙強(第9-12章、謝辭)

  輔仁大學比較文學博士(2010),現任中原大學基督教與華人文化社會研究中心研究員、國立臺北大學中國文學系兼任助理教授;曾任中央研究院中國文哲研究所博士後研究學者(2011-2020)。早年任教於中國文化大學英國語文學系及語文教學中心,講授英美文學及語文課程十年(2005-2015);近年特別專注於十六世紀末耶穌會士東邁來華之後,譯介的西方古典迄文藝復興時期各類宗教文學文獻。著有《修辭.符號.宗教格言:耶穌會士高一志〈譬學〉研究》(中原大學基督教與華人文化社會研究中心,2015),榮獲科技部104年度博士後研究人員學術著作獎,另撰有學術論文十餘篇;曾任五卷《晚明天主教翻譯文學箋注》主編之一(中央研究院中國文哲研究所,2014-2021)、九卷《古新聖經殘稿》副主編(中華書局,2014)、二卷《清代基督宗教小說選注》副主編(中央研究院中國文哲研究所,2018)等;譯有《吠》(寶瓶文化,2016)、《大汗之國》(臺灣商務印書館,2018)、《馬奎斯:最後的訪談》(大寫出版,2022)等書。
 
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