From Publishers Weekly Certifiable nutcase Serge Storms and Lenny, his spacey marijuana-addicted sidekick, are back again in Dorsey's sixth screwball crime-spree novel (after The Stingray Shuffle), this time on the trail of a stash of missing gems. As the novel begins, Serge escapes from Chattahoochee, Florida's state psychiatric hospital, and heads for Miami, obsessed with the idea of clearing up the mystery surrounding his grandfather's alleged suicide, which is tied to the legendary dozen diamonds still missing after Murph the Surf's infamous 1964 jewel heist from the Museum of Natural History. Serge's ambitious crusade gets off to an ill-omened start when he awakens the interest of both the mob and the Feds after getting into a graveside altercation with Tony Marsicano, the mob boss who was alone at the deathbed of Rico Spagliosi, a deceased fence reputed to have a part in the jewel heist. In a typical display of off-the-wall buffoonery, Serge starts a specialty Miami tour service, and his first booking is a group of drunken salesmen who, out to play a practical joke on a colleague, mistakenly kidnap Tony, with dire results. Sporadically moving back and forth between time present and nostalgic flashbacks to Miami Beach in the 1960s, the novel chronicles the methodical murders of Serge's grandfather's old cronies as Serge tracks his grandfather's movements at the time of the infamous gem heist and the return of the most famous of the stolen stones. Studded with psychosocial observations and dopey gags, this latest episode of Florida's hottest helter-skelter, hallucinogenic freak show will delight legions of Dorsey fans. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist Serge Storms, the history-loving, letter-writing, offbeat, possibly certifiable serial killer, returns in Dorsey's delicious sixth novel. The adventure begins, briefly, in 1964, then switches to 2004, then 1996, and then, a little bit later, to "the present," then 1963, then 1918, then--well, you get the idea. What's it about? That's harder to follow than the time frame, but try this: Serge's grandfather died 40 years ago, possibly suicide, possibly murder. The man was a bit of a blowhard, though Serge prefers to think of him as a storyteller, and others have described him as crazy. Dear ol' Granddad may, or may not, have been involved in a notorious jewel heist. And Serge, while perpetrating various scams and running afoul of various questionable individuals, wants to know how his grandpa died. Dorsey's novels are slapstick comedies, grand adventures featuring vastly larger-than-life heroes and villains, wacky plots, and plenty of laughs. Recommend this one to fans of Donald E. Westlake and Carl Hiaasen. David PittCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved See all Editorial Reviews
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从结构上来看,作者对“空间”的处理达到了教科书级别的水准。这本书中的每一个地点——无论是那个常年被遗忘的废弃加油站,还是城市边缘那座灯光昏黄的公寓楼——都不是简单的背景板,它们是活生生的角色,参与并塑造了人物的命运。作者对环境的细节捕捉精准到了令人发指的地步,比如描述一个房间时,会聚焦于墙角剥落的油漆纹理,或是窗外那棵长势奇特的树,这些微小的元素累积起来,形成了一种强大的氛围压迫感。这种对环境的偏执般的关注,使得阅读体验变得极具沉浸感,读者仿佛能亲身感受到那种特定环境带来的生理和心理上的影响。特别是当故事的氛围从夏日的燥热转向深秋的萧瑟时,这种环境的转变与人物内心的绝望感完美地耦合,制造出了一波又一波令人窒息的高潮。我不得不说,这本书在如何让“地方”成为叙事核心方面,提供了一个极佳的范例。
评分这是一部探讨“失落与重构”主题的杰出作品,其哲学层面的思考非常引人入胜。它没有给出任何简单的答案,而是不断地抛出更深刻的问题:记忆的可靠性究竟几何?个体在面对历史的宏大叙事时,究竟能保有多少自主权?书中对时间悖论的探讨,既有诗意又带着冷峻的科学思辨色彩,这一点非常吸引我。作者似乎非常擅长挖掘人类情感中最脆弱也最坚韧的那一部分——即对意义的永恒追寻,即使所有的外在证据都指向虚无。书中对“信仰”二字的解构尤为精彩,它探讨的不仅仅是宗教信仰,更包括对承诺、对爱情、乃至对自身身份的信念。每一次主角试图重新构建自己的世界观时,总有某种外来的力量或内部的矛盾将其推回原点,这种循环往复的挣扎,让整部作品充满了宿命感的悲剧美学。它迫使读者跳出日常的惯性思维,去严肃地审视自己生活中的那些“基石”是否真的稳固。
评分这部小说的叙事节奏把握得相当到位,开篇的几章像是一场缓慢升温的酝酿,带着一股浓郁的怀旧气息和地域色彩。作者对那个特定年代美国中西部小镇的描摹,细致入微,仿佛能闻到空气中混合着汽油味和干草的气息。主角的内心挣扎与小镇的沉闷生活形成了鲜明的对比,那种被困住却又深爱着这片土地的矛盾感,处理得极为细腻。特别是关于家庭关系的几处关键场景,对话简洁有力,却蕴含着巨大的情感张力,让人读到后面不禁为角色的命运捏一把汗。我特别欣赏作者在不经意间植入的那些关于美国梦破碎与重塑的思考,它们不是生硬的说教,而是自然地融入了人物的日常选择和遗憾之中,使得整个故事的深度远超一般的成长小说。书中的一些象征性物件的运用也十分巧妙,它们不喧宾夺主,却在关键时刻起到画龙点睛的作用,引导着读者的思绪走向更深层次的解读。读完后,那种怅然若失但又充满理解的复杂情绪久久不能散去,这无疑是一部在情感刻画上极其成功的作品。
评分这本书的语言风格简直是一场文字的盛宴,充满了后现代主义的碎片化叙事技巧,读起来需要读者付出极大的专注力和耐心,因为它拒绝提供传统的线性故事线。作者热衷于在同一页面上跳跃时间、切换视角,甚至插入一些看起来毫不相干的引文或日记片段,构建了一个极其庞大且错综复杂的意象网络。对于习惯了传统叙事模式的读者来说,这可能会带来一定的阅读门槛,但我个人非常享受这种挑战智力的过程。每一次重新解读一个段落,都会发现新的关联和隐藏的意义,仿佛在解开一个精心设置的谜题。这种处理方式使得人物的心理状态,尤其是那种被时代洪流裹挟、身份认同模糊的现代困境,得到了极为深刻的体现。它不是在“讲述”一个故事,而是在“构建”一个世界,一个充满了暗示、潜台词和未完成感的精神空间。书中对于感官体验的描绘,尤其是在色彩和声音方面的运用,达到了近乎迷幻的程度,令人印象深刻。
评分我对其中几位配角的塑造感到尤为惊喜。通常情况下,主角的光芒会掩盖掉周围的人,但在这里,几个次要人物仿佛拥有自己独立的生命轨迹和未被完全讲述的史诗。比如那个总是穿着不合时宜的皮夹克,却对古典音乐有着狂热执着的酒吧老板,他的几段独白,字字珠玑,道尽了对过往辉煌的缅怀与对现实平庸的无力感。作者没有浪费笔墨去详细交代他们的背景,而是通过极具张力的片段和人物的只言片语,勾勒出他们的灵魂深度。这种“留白”的艺术,反而激发了读者的想象力,让人忍不住去填补那些未曾言明的空白。这种群像描写的成功,使得整个故事的社会肌理异常丰满和真实,它不再是关于某一个人的英雄之旅,而是一幅关于一个社区在变迁中的众生相。读完后,那些配角的身影甚至比主角的形象更加鲜明地留在了脑海中,这体现了作者高超的笔力。
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