YOU MUST SET FORTH AT DAWN

作者：  Wole Soyinka　著

出版社：Random House US 2007年3月

简介：　　The first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, aswell as a political activist of prodigious energies, Wole Soyinkanow follows his modern classic Ake: The Years of Childhood with anequally important chronicle of his turbulent life as an adult in(and in exile from) his beloved, beleaguered homeland.　　In the tough, humane, and lyrical language that has typified hisplays and novels, Soyinka captures the indomitable spirit ofNigeria itself by bringing to life the friends and family whobolstered and inspired him, and by describing the pioneeringtheater works that defied censure and tradition. Soyinka not onlyrecounts his exile and the terrible reign of General Sani Abacha,but shares vivid memories and playful anecdotes–including hisimprobable friendship with a prominent Nigerian businessman and thetime he smuggled a frozen wildcat into America so that his studentscould experience a proper Nigerian barbecue.　　More than a major figure in the world of literature, Wole Soyinkais a courageous voice for human rights, democracy, and freedom. YouMust Set Forth at Dawn is an intimate chronicle of his thrillingpublic life, a meditation on justice and tyranny, and a mesmerizingtestament to a ravaged yet hopeful land.

GONE

作者：  Jonathan Kellerman　著

出版社：Random House US 2007年3月

简介：　　No one conducts a more chilling, suspenseful, thoroughlyengrossing tour through the winding corridors of criminal behaviorand the secret chambers of psychopathology than Jonathan Kellerman,the bestselling “master of the psychological thriller” (People).Now the incomparable team of psychologist Alex Delaware andhomicide cop Milo Sturgis embark on their most dangerous excursionyet, into the dark places where risk runs high and blood runscold.　　It’s a story tailor-made for the nightly news: Dylan Meserve andMichaela Brand, young lovers and fellow acting students, vanish onthe way home from a rehearsal. Three days later, the two of themare found in the remote mountains of Malibu -battered and terrifiedafter a harrowing ordeal at the hands of a sadistic abductor.　　The details of the nightmarish event are shocking and brutal: Thecouple was carjacked at gunpoint by a masked assailant andsubjected to a horrific regimen of confinement, starvation andassault.　　But before long, doubts arise about the couple’s story, and asforensic details unfold, the abduction is exposed as a hoax.Charged as criminals themselves, the aspiring actors claimemotional problems, and the court orders psychological evaluationfor both.　　Michaela is examined by Alex Delaware, who finds that her claimsof depression and stress ring true enough. But they don’t explainher lies, and Alex is certain that there are hidden layers in thissordid psychodrama that even he hasn’t been able topenetrate.　　Nevertheless, the case is closed–only to be violently reopenedwhen Michaela is savagely murdered. When the police look for Dylan,they find that he’s gone. Is he the killer or a victim himself?Casting their dragnet into the murkiest corners of L.A., Delawareand Sturgis unearth more questions than answers–including a host ofeerily identical killings. What really happened to the couple whocried wolf? And what bizarre and brutal epidemic is infecting thecity with terror, madness, and sudden, twisted death?