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在廣受好評的《黑色粉筆》後，葉慈帶來了這部令人緊張不安的驚悚小說，訴說了一起犯罪事件帶來的餘波，將三個年輕人的人生交纏在一起。

1982年，13歲的Matthew Weaver將同齡的Hannah Jensen綁在林間的一棵樹上，用BB氣槍朝她射擊了49次──包含她的眼睛。多年後，Hannah成為一名專門報導犯罪新聞的記者，和丈夫Patrick居住在紐約，這對新婚夫妻正設法熬過全球金融危機和Patrick的失業。而儘管Hannah知道Patrick和Matthew之間有關聯，但她完全沒有想到Patrick當年事實上目擊了整個犯罪的過程，並且未能阻止。

小說以12歲的Patrick的第一人稱，和2008年時Patrick與Hannah的第三人稱敘述，呈現了當年攻擊事件的經過，和三人成年後的意外重逢──當他們再次相遇，三人內心各自壓抑的憤怒和暴力一一浮上檯面，隨後引發了災難性的後果。

小說很大一部份著重在描述、探討主角們掙扎尋找與罪惡感共存的方式，這使得這部作品呈現了立體而複雜的人性。《Grist Mill Road》以一個殘忍的事件為開端，但最終提供了讀者理解這三個主角的機會──包含受害者、施暴者和目擊者。葉慈清楚闡述了真相一向是主觀的，而能救贖一切的始終是愛。

複雜的敘事方式、不同角色對當年事件的視角、無法預料的劇情轉折，構成了這部令人深深著迷的傑作，精彩刻畫出人的脆弱與堅韌。（文/博客來編譯）

The highly anticipated new novel from the author whose debut was called 'The smart summer thriller you've been waiting for…The novel you should be reading tonight' （NPR's All Things Considered） and was named a Book of the Year by NPR and an Entertainment Weekly Must-List Pick

Christopher J. Yates's cult hit Black Chalk introduced that rare writerly talent: a literary writer who could write a plot with the intricacy of a brilliant mental puzzle, and with characters so absorbing that readers are immediately gripped. Yates's new book does not disappoint.

Grist Mill Road is a dark, twisted, and expertly plotted Rashomon-style tale. The year is 1982; the setting, an Edenic hamlet some ninety miles north of New York City. There, among the craggy rock cliffs and glacial ponds of timeworn mountains, three friends--Patrick, Matthew, and Hannah--are bound together by a terrible and seemingly senseless crime. Twenty-six years later, in New York City, living lives their younger selves never could have predicted, the three meet again--with even more devastating results.

Review

'The plot is darkly,intricately layered, full of pitfalls and switchbacks, smart and funny and moving and merciless; the characters are allthat and more. This is a powerful exploration of how truth isn't a complete andimmutable thing, or a pure force of redemption: it's made up of broken shardsthat lie buried somewhere in the spaces between people, and when the jaggededges work their way to the surface, they can be devastating.' ―Tana French, author of the New York Times bestselling In the Woods and The Trespasser

'Dark,intense, and disturbing, Christopher Yates’ Grist Mill Road begins with a shock and keeps the suspense burningpage after page. A thriller with imagination to spare. Highly recommended.' ―Krysten Ritter, author of Bonfire

'Christopher Yates' Grist Mill Road is aterrific thriller. A horrid childhood crime carried secretly to adulthood,with menace lurking around the corner, and guilt hanging heavy overhead. Alfred Hitchcock would have optioned the plotin the blink of his gimlet eye. Agripping read.' ―Jason Matthews, author of the bestselling Red Sparrow trilogy

'An intricatelycrafted novel about adult lives forever changed by closely held childhoodsecrets. Grist Mill Road is a compulsiveread that will unsettle you from its first page and surprise you until itsvery last.' ―Jung Yun, aut台中水晶專賣店hor of Shelter

Praise for Christopher J. Yates's Black Chalk

'This is the smart summer thriller you've been waiting for. The black and harmful little book you want in your carry-on.The novel you should be reading tonight.”―NPR's All Things Considered

'Yates's characters are even wittier than [Donna] Tartt's…Yates is a master of college-student psychology…[He] has achieved something new and impressive. Pick up Black Chalk.'―The Washington Post

'A riveting psychological thriller…Terrifying…Read it fast.'―Entertainment Weekly

'A new Stephen King, albeit with a British accent.'―New York Post

'Christopher J. Yates's debut novel is a psychological thriller about the consequences of friendship gone awry… The result is a story littered with twists that will keep you guessing until the final page.'―Paste magazine

'A sardonic psychological thriller…Yates, a crossword puzzle maker himself, sets clues firmly in place, moves back and forth in time, and throws in surprises at every turn. Black Chalk is an engrossing literary guessing game.'―BBC.com

'Dark, twisty fun.'―New York Daily News

'Dark deeds among school cliques is a milieu that's attracted top-tier authors from Donna Tartt to Tana French, and this debut thriller is a worthy addition, with its chesslike psychological showdown.'―Booklist

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• 作者： Christopher J. Yates
• 原文出版社：Picador
• 出版日期：2018/01/09
• 語言：英文

Grist Mill Road