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1、BlackmailAbouttheauthor.ThisnoveliswrittenbyArthurHailey.Heisabestsellersnovelist.Bornin Luton,Bedfordshire,England,Haileyservedinthe RoyalAirForce fromthestartofWorldWarIIduring1939until1947,whenhewenttoliveinCanada.Hailey'slastnovel, Detective(1997),isamysterytoldfromthep
2、erspectiveofaMiamihomicidedetective.ThisdetectivealsohappenstobeaformerCatholicpriestwhohaslosthisreligion;theworkdealswiththemesofreligionandquestionstheCatholicChurch.HaileytoldtheWaldenBookReportthathisaiminwritingthisbookwastosharehisownthoughtsaboutreligionwithout"mak[
3、ing]italecture."HesaysthathelosthisownfaithwhileservinginCyprusduringWorldWarII,andthatsinceex-priestshavemanyoccupationshemightaswellgivehisprotagonistanexcitingone.Afterworkingatanumberofjobsandwritingpart-time,hebecameawriterfull-timeduring1956.FollowingthesuccessofHotel
4、during1965,hemovedtoCalifornia;in1969,hemovedtothe Bahamas toavoidCanadianandU.S. incometaxes,whichwereclaiming90%ofhisincome.Hisbestsellersinclude:Hotel,Airport,Wheels,TheFinalDiagnosisandTheMoneychangers.AboutthebestsellersofauthorEachofhisnovelshasadifferentindustrialorc
5、ommercialsettingandincludes,inadditiontodramatichumanconflict,carefullyresearchedinformationaboutthewaythatparticularenvironmentandsystemfunctionsandhowtheseaffectsocietyanditsinhabitants.CriticsoftendismissedHailey'ssuccessastheresultofaformulaic"potboilera"style,inwhichhe
6、causedanordinarycharactertobecomeinvolvedinacrisis,thenincreasedthesuspensebyswitchingamongmultiplerelatedplotlines.However,hewassopopularwithreadersthathisbookswerealmostguaranteedtobecomebest-sellers.Hewouldspendaboutoneyearresearchingasubject,followedbysixmonthsreviewing
7、hisnotesand,finally,about18monthswritingthebook.Thataggressiveresearch—trackingrebelguerrillasinthe Peruvian jungleatage67for TheEveningNews(1990),orreading27booksonthehotelindustryfor Hotel—gavehisnovelsarealismthatappealedtoreaders,evenassomecriticscomplainedthatheuseditt
8、odisguisealackofliterarytalent.Manyofhisbooksreached1onthe NewYorkTimesbestsellerl
