The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden

图书标准信息

• 作者 Jonas Jonasson 著
• 出版社 Fourth Estate
• 出版时间 2014-04
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780007557905
• 定价 84.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 432页
• 正文语种 英语

【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.