High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mournsthe death of his mother, with only the books on his shelf forcompany. But those books have begun to whisper to him in thedarkness. Angry and alone, he takes refuge in his imaginationand soon finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. Whilehis family falls apart around him, David is violently propelledinto a world that is a strange reflection of his own -- populatedby heroes and monsters and ruled by a faded king who keeps hissecrets in a mysterious book, The Book of Lost Things.Taking readers on a vivid journey through the lossof innocence into adulthood and beyond, New York Timesbestselling author John Connolly tells a dark and compelling talethat reminds us of the enduring power of stories in our lives.

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失物之书(赠送卡片)

約翰‧康諾利成名故事，早已成為出版界的傳奇。很久很久以前，他的驚悚小說處女作《奪面旅人》（Every Dead Thing）以三十五萬英鎊售出英國版權，一百萬美金售出美國版權，創下繼《輕聲細語》後最高的新人預付版稅記錄。這本書與《人魔》同一年出版，媒體評價和讀者反應毫不遜色，並且成為史上第一個贏得夏姆斯獎的非美籍作者。這位遠征新大陸的愛爾蘭記者，在大西洋兩岸都引起熱烈迴響，如今他是愛爾蘭首席驚悚大師，一系列查理帕克探案融合詩意而緻密的語言，驚人的兇殘場面，獨特的場景描寫，還有若隱若現的超自然力量，締造了全球三百萬冊銷量，售出二十餘國版權。

他的第一部獨立作《惡人絕路》（Bad Men）是靈異色彩濃厚的驚悚小說，虛構緬因州外海的孤島，數百年前的屠殺浩劫過後，惡靈徘徊，灰蛾飛舞，隨著罪犯返鄉尋仇而掀起腥風血雨。這本書即將由派拉蒙拍成電影。

《失物之書》是康諾利的第二部獨立作，也是和他先前作品截然不同的作品，融合了童話、驚悚、成長故事、恐怖元素和寓言體例，這個陰森但是美麗的成人童話為康諾利的寫作生涯開啟全新篇章，也是他出道至今銷量最佳的顛峰代表作。