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基本信息·出版社：Thomas Dunne Books
·页码：288 页
·出版日期：2008年02月
·ISBN：0312373651
·International Standard Book Number：0312373651
·条形码：9780312373658
·EAN：9780312373658
·装帧：精装
·正文语种：英语
内容简介 I am Silver, and there is no other pirate like me on these waters.
This being the last testament of the infamous pirate Long John Silver, you would do well not to trust a word in its pages. Held captive aboard his own ship, the Linda Maria, he is to be taken to England, where he will hang at the king’s pleasure. But he has another plan: to tell a tale of treason, murder, a lost treasure that would rival King George’s own riches, and what really happened on Treasure Island . . . if Long John Silver is to be believed.
But is he?
His beginnings as a pickpocket on the streets of Bristol are as dark as the rest of his deliciously devious life. Taken to sea by the pirate captain Black John, Silver soon learns the arts of his trade: the sword, saber, and pistol. He makes his trade in plundering, cheating, ransacking, and murder---more murders than he can bother to count. British, Frenchmen, Spaniards, and Portuguese all fall before him. He takes exceptional pleasure in murder, but never such pleasure as he finds in his search for a most uncommon treasure. To find that treasure he must heed the words of a dead man, solve the ciphers in a well-worn Bible, forgo the love of an extraordinary woman, and climb over the corpses of friend and foe alike to arrive at Treasure Island and find his fortune.
But Silver’s tricks are never done. Before he greets the hangman at Newgate Square, he will have one last secret to reveal. Hidden in these pages are clues that lead to his remarkable discovery. And although King George’s bounty for this notorious scourge may be handsome indeed, the captain who has captured Silver would not mind adding Silver’s riches to his own purse. He will let Silver tell his tale in the hope of learning clues to the treasure’s location. And if you were to mark his words as well, you might discover the whereabouts of that treasure yourself.
So we shall, for now, allow Long John Silver to spin his stories, tales of adventure and betrayal, gold and jewels, love and murder.
And he will never leave out the murder. Not Long John Silver.
作者简介 Edward Chupack is an attorney for a major law firm. He lives near Chicago. This is his first novel.
To learn more about Long John Silver, please visit www.silverpirate.com.
媒体推荐 Praise for Silver
"[A] witty romp...This isn't 'Treasure Island' revisited, nor is it a sequel. Like the pirate he celebrates, Chupack has taken a bit here and a bit there....to create something glitteringly original. [Robert Louis Stevenson] would certainly have approved of Chupack's efforts." --New York Times Book Review
"'A lie is peach pie. The truth is porridge,' says Long John Silver, the brazenly duplicitous fabulist of this invigorating novel by Edward Chupack. ... Given to exotic turns of phrase (London is a town of 'skinny dogs and fat rats'; a scurvied mate has a mouth like a 'shallow grave'), the old salt's tale gleams like a sharpened cutlass."--Entertainment Weekly
“A fascinating, rough-edged read. A thoroughly unsanitized Long John Silver in his own ‘write’: brutal, bloody---and altogether gripping.”--Diana Gabaldon, author of A Breath of Snow and Ashes
“Raving, raging, wheedling, bullying, plotting, bellowing, yarning away, the remarkable voice of Silver himself is the gift that Edward Chupack has given us in this daring novel. The old blackguard surely does love the sound of own voice. I loved it too.”--Jon Clinch, author of Finn
专业书评 From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. At the start of Chupack's swashbuckling debut, Long John Silver, yes, that Long John Silver, faces hanging back in England after a life of piracy on the seven seas. But before he swings, the aging, fever-ridden pirate is determined to tell his fabulous story, so settle back, me hearties, it's one hell of a tale. Silver has a dual motive: not only does he wish to torment his captor, who has taken him prisoner aboard his own ship, but he also hopes to secure his release by promising to reveal the whereabouts of his fabled treasure. Some of the old
Treasure Island gang—Ben Gunn, Pew, Jim Hawkins—return, but this is no retelling of the original. Chupack is particularly good at pirate dialogue (Silver says of the killing of his mate, Smollet: he made an excellent corpse on account that you puddened him to the plansheers, so when the wind blowed aft to lee, he bade a farewell to the world). Murder, a map, ciphers and codes, and even a bit of romance figure in Silver's riveting narrative as well.
(Feb.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From School Library JournalAdult/High School—Long John Silver makes no apologies for his life as a thief and murderer. Writing his last testament as a prisoner on his own ship, he hopes to avoid hanging by revealing the secrets behind his coveted treasure. Using characters both new and familiar to readers of Robert Louis Stevenson's
Treasure Island, Chupack presents the bloody tale of Silver's rise to sea captain and journey to discover the stolen Crown Jewels. As a child, Silver lived on the streets of Bristol and was eventually sold to the pirate Black John and taken aboard the
Linda Maria. As he rises through the ranks of the crew, he works to solve the mysterious ciphers that will lead him to Treasure Island. Love, betrayal, thievery, and, of course, murder mark the path. In the end, he uncovers a final secret that will change the course of his captor's quest for justice and fortune. This title will be of interest to fans of Stevenson's classic or other pirate stories. Readers unfamiliar with the original incarnation of Silver may find themselves lost at the outset of the story due to the pirating jargon and overwhelming plethora of characters. While the plot meanders to the climactic discovery of Treasure Island, the closing chapters capture the mystery and intrigue of the quest. Recommend this to teens who are ready to move beyond such young adult adventures as Tanith Lee's "Piratica" series (Dutton).—
Lynn Rashid, Marriots Ridge High School, Marriotsville, MD Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
文摘 Chapter 1
I am Silver, and there is no other pirate like me on these waters. No other. Not you and not Kwik, not Smith and not Gunn, not Bones nor Black John. Not damned Pew. Not Bloody Bill. Not Solomon. And not Jim Hawkins, that son of a slattern.
You mustered Smollet and my hearties to blazes. That was considerate of you, as they would have died from the fever by now if you had not murdered them first.
I know what you will tell your Georgey, that middling monarch that now pays your blood wages. You will tell him that you captured me in paradise. You will not tell him that Smollet fell into a faint and was well on his way to the pintles when he, snagged in the ratlines, spied your ship sailing toward us. Smollet was turvy and saw your First Rate skimming the sky, upturned, its hull breaching the heavens whilst its topsail fathomed below. We grounded on a reef. Georgey likes his romances. Tell him that Smollet glimpsed a phantom ship. That will please the wretch.
This ain’t paradise. This is the South Seas. Paradise is a gale that rocks the planks and tears the timbers and blows rime in your eyes. Paradise is a ruthless place. The rain hammers you into bits and casts you for your life. The lanyard runs through your hands and cleaves them. You laveer through the wind and gybe the sails until your arms cramp. You hang on to the gunwale so as not to end in the soundings. There ain’t a bit of paradise down there in them soundings, but only Old Nick and his halters with their whips and brands and sloth-eyed children.
Tell me of a better life than climbing the cordage or riding the forefoot. Any snotty or tar worth his earring would go weatherly to oblivion rather than remain on land.
I have consulted my charts and you may be interested to know that the Linda Maria was stranded on the Rose Atoll when you appeared to us from out of the vapour and the rain. You will want to cite the name of the reef
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