Winner of the prestigious Gold Dagger Award in the U.K. for the best mystery of 1999, this complex literary thriller may be one of the most satisfying suspense novels to come along in some time. Robert Wilson has written several political thrillers, most of which are set in West Africa, but they are, alas, largely unavailable in the U.S.
In A Small Death in Lisbon, the narrative switches back and forth between 1941 and 1999, and Wilson's wide knowledge of history and keen sense of place make the eras equally vibrant. In 1941 Germany, Klaus Felsen, an industrialist, is approached by the SS high command in a none-too-friendly manner and is "persuaded" to go to Lisbon and oversee the sale--or smuggling--of wolfram (also known as tungsten, used in the manufacture of tanks and airplanes). World War II Portugal is neutral where business is concerned, and too much of the precious metal is being sold to Britain when Germany needs it to insure that Hitler's blitzkrieg is successful.
Cut to 1999 Lisbon, where the daughter of a prominent lawyer has been found dead on a beach. Ze Coelho, a liberal police inspector who is a widower with a daughter of his own, must sift through the life of Catarina Oliveira and discover why she was so brutally murdered. Her father is enigmatic, her mother suicidal; her friends were rock musicians and drug addicts.
The reader is treated to a wonderful portrait of Lisbon in the aftermath of the 1974 revolution that ousted Salazar from power, and the scars from that conflict are still close to the surface for the citizens of Lisbon, including Coehlo and his colleagues. We also see World War II in a slightly different manner from that to which we are accustomed--through the eyes of the Germans and the Portuguese. The pace of the book is leisurely but compelling as the events of 1941 and those in 1999 merge in an extraordinary climax (less)
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衝著最後二十頁大反轉給五星!
評分2015.6.23 A small death in Lisbon-Robert Wilson 可讀性5星 難度1星 終於完結 一個二戰葡萄牙鎢砂礦的爭奪故事 伴隨著納粹黑金的起落;一個現代社會裏的凶殺案,引齣復雜的背後關係。兩個平行發展的故事 最終激烈地碰撞在一起,這就是我們看到的那個葡萄牙 在我們麵前揭開它神秘的麵紗!
評分衝著最後二十頁大反轉給五星!
評分衝著最後二十頁大反轉給五星!
評分2015.6.23 A small death in Lisbon-Robert Wilson 可讀性5星 難度1星 終於完結 一個二戰葡萄牙鎢砂礦的爭奪故事 伴隨著納粹黑金的起落;一個現代社會裏的凶殺案,引齣復雜的背後關係。兩個平行發展的故事 最終激烈地碰撞在一起,這就是我們看到的那個葡萄牙 在我們麵前揭開它神秘的麵紗!
A Small Death in Lisbon 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載