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黑帮小说六佳作

ByRodReynolds

文/罗德·雷诺兹

译/刘佳

It’snothardtounderstandtheenduringappealofgangstersinfiction.Fromtheromanticnotionoftheoutlawantiherotothecaricatureofthepsychoticmobboss,theyhavebeenportrayedinmanydifferentlights[1];buttheunifyingthemeisthattheylivebyasetofrulesalientothelaw-abidingpublic,andthatmakesthemfascinating.Wewanttoknowwhatmakesthemtick[2],tounderstandtheirworldandtoseeitinallitsbloodyreality.It’stheessenceofwhatmakesagoodthriller:showingusaviolentexistencefromthesafetyofanarmchair.小说里的黑帮长久以来魅力不减，这一点并不难理解。从浪漫地想象在逃的反英雄到用夸张手法描写疯狂的黑帮老大，帮派人物的形象各有千秋；但其中一致的主题是，这些人物所遵从的规则是遵纪守法的百姓不了解的，也正是这点使他们独具魅力。我们想知道他们所作所为背后的原因，想了解他们的世界，还想亲眼目睹那个世界血淋淋的现实。这正是优秀惊悚小说的精髓所在：读者不用离开舒适的扶手椅就能一览暴力世界。[1]inadifferentlight从不同的角度，从不同的方面。[2]whatmakessomeonetick某人做某事的原因或动机。Here’smypickofthegangsterbooksI’vereadovertheyears:这些年我读了不少描写黑帮的书，下面挑出几本分享：

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TheGodfatherbyMarioPuzo

马里奥·普佐的《教父》

Anobviouschoice,perhaps,butareflectionofhowseminalitistothegenre.FrancisFordCoppola’sfilmadaptationisregardedasoneofthegreatestofalltime,butthebookisaclassicinitsownright.ItintroducedtermslikeCosaNostra[3]andomertàtoamassaudienceanddefinedthepublicperceptionofmobstersfordecadesto


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