The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden

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出版社: Fourth Estate
2014-04
版次: 1
ISBN: 9780007557905
定价: 84.20
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 432页
正文语种: 英语
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  • Writtenwiththesamelight-heartedsatiricalvoiceasJonasJonasson'sbestsellingdebutnovel,'TheHundred-Year-OldManWhoClimbedOuttheWindowandDisappeared','TheGirlWhoSavedtheKingofSweden'isanotherpicaresquetaleofhowoneperson'sactionscanhavefar-reaching-evenglobal-consequences.OnJune14th,2007,theKingandPrimeMinisterofSwedenwentmissingfromagalabanquetattheRoyalCastle.Lateritwassaidthatbothhadfallenill:thetruthisdifferent.Therealstorystartsmuchearlier,in1961,withthebirthofNombekoMayekiinashackinSoweto.Nombekowasfatedtogrowupfastanddieearlyinherpoverty-strickentownship,beitfromdrugs,fromalcohol,orjustfromplaindespair.ButNombekotakesadifferentpath.Shefindsworkasahousecleanerandeventuallymakesherwayuptothepositionofchiefadvisor,atthehelmofoneoftheworld'smostsecretprojects.Hereiswherethestorymergeswith,thendivergesfromreality.SouthAfricadevelopedsixnuclearmissilesinthe1980s,thenvoluntarilydismantledthemin1994.Thisisastoryabouttheseventhmissile...theonethatwasneversupposedtohaveexisted.NombekoMayekiknowstoomuchaboutit,andnowshe'sontherunfromboththeSouthAfricanjusticeandthemostterrifyingsecretserviceintheworld.SheendsupinSweden,whichhastransformedintoanuclearnation,andthefateoftheworldnowliesinNombeko'shands.Jonassonintroducesustoawholecastofeccentrics:anerve-damagedAmericanVietnamdeserter,twinbrotherswhoareofficiallyonlyoneperson,threecarelessChinesegirls,anangryyoungwoman,apotato-growingBaroness,andtheSwedishKingandPrimeMinister.Quirkyandutterlyunique,'TheGirlWhoSavedtheKingofSweden'isacharmingandhumorousaccountofoneyoungwoman'sunlikelyadventure.

    Jonas Jonasson was a journalist for the Expressen newspaper for many years. He became a media consultant and later on set up a company producing sports and events for Swedish television. He sold his company and moved abroad to work on his first novel. Jonasson now lives on the Swedish island Gotland in the Baltic Sea.
  • 内容简介:
    Writtenwiththesamelight-heartedsatiricalvoiceasJonasJonasson'sbestsellingdebutnovel,'TheHundred-Year-OldManWhoClimbedOuttheWindowandDisappeared','TheGirlWhoSavedtheKingofSweden'isanotherpicaresquetaleofhowoneperson'sactionscanhavefar-reaching-evenglobal-consequences.OnJune14th,2007,theKingandPrimeMinisterofSwedenwentmissingfromagalabanquetattheRoyalCastle.Lateritwassaidthatbothhadfallenill:thetruthisdifferent.Therealstorystartsmuchearlier,in1961,withthebirthofNombekoMayekiinashackinSoweto.Nombekowasfatedtogrowupfastanddieearlyinherpoverty-strickentownship,beitfromdrugs,fromalcohol,orjustfromplaindespair.ButNombekotakesadifferentpath.Shefindsworkasahousecleanerandeventuallymakesherwayuptothepositionofchiefadvisor,atthehelmofoneoftheworld'smostsecretprojects.Hereiswherethestorymergeswith,thendivergesfromreality.SouthAfricadevelopedsixnuclearmissilesinthe1980s,thenvoluntarilydismantledthemin1994.Thisisastoryabouttheseventhmissile...theonethatwasneversupposedtohaveexisted.NombekoMayekiknowstoomuchaboutit,andnowshe'sontherunfromboththeSouthAfricanjusticeandthemostterrifyingsecretserviceintheworld.SheendsupinSweden,whichhastransformedintoanuclearnation,andthefateoftheworldnowliesinNombeko'shands.Jonassonintroducesustoawholecastofeccentrics:anerve-damagedAmericanVietnamdeserter,twinbrotherswhoareofficiallyonlyoneperson,threecarelessChinesegirls,anangryyoungwoman,apotato-growingBaroness,andtheSwedishKingandPrimeMinister.Quirkyandutterlyunique,'TheGirlWhoSavedtheKingofSweden'isacharmingandhumorousaccountofoneyoungwoman'sunlikelyadventure.

  • 作者简介:
    Jonas Jonasson was a journalist for the Expressen newspaper for many years. He became a media consultant and later on set up a company producing sports and events for Swedish television. He sold his company and moved abroad to work on his first novel. Jonasson now lives on the Swedish island Gotland in the Baltic Sea.
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