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1、Unit4BlackmailbyArthurHaileyBackgroundInformationArthurHailey:theauthorofanumberofbestsellingnovels.BorninLuton,England,in1920,hewaseducatedinEnglishschoolsuntilagefourteen.Afterabriefcareerasanofficeboy,hejoinedtheBritishRoyalAirForcein1939andservedthroughWo
2、rldWarII,risingthroughtherankstobecomeapilotandflightlieutenantIn1949HaileyimmigratedtoCanada,wherehewassuccessivelyarealestatesalesman,businesspapereditorandasalesandadvertisingexecutive.Hebecame,andstillisaCanadiancitizen.HemakeshishomeatLyfordCayintheBaham
3、as.In1956ArthurHaileyscoredhisfirstwritingsuccesswithaTVdrama,FlightintoDanger,whichlaterbecameamotionpictureandanovel,RunwayZero-Eight(1958).BackgroundInformationHisWorksThesensationalHaileybestsellersinclude:TheFinalDiagnosis(1959),InHighPlaces(1962),Hotel(
4、1966),Airport(1968),Wheels(1971),TheMoneychangers(1975).ThoughaCanadianhimself,hesetthesceneofmostofhisworksintheUnitedStates.Eachofhisbooksdealswithoneparticularfieldofsociety.Thisismadeclearbythetitlesofhisbooks.Itisthispeculiarityofhisthatisvaluetothosewho
5、areeagertolearnaboutcontemporaryAmericansociety.BackgroundInformationAbouttheNovelTheSt.GregoryHotelisthelargestinNewOrleans,Louisiana.For4daysfromMondayeveningtoFriday,thehotelgoesthroughasuccessionofdramaticevents.Withthehotel’smortgageduebytheweekendandwit
6、hnochanceofgettingfurtherrenewal,theowner,WarrenTrent,reluctantlymakesuphismindtosellhishoteltoachainhotelowner,CurtisO’Keefe.PeterMcDermott,theassistantgeneralmanager,hastotackleseveralotherknottyproblems:handlinganattemptedrapewhichhasoccurredinoneofthehote
7、l’srooms;catchingaprofessionalthiefoperatinginthehotel;pacifyingawholeconventionofseveralhundreddentiststoputtingupamemberoftheconvention--ablackdoctor.ThenthereistheDukeofCroydon.AbouttheNovelTheDukeisaninternationallyfamousstatesmanandthenewly-appointedBrit
8、ishambassadortoWashington.HeandhiswifeoccupythebestsuiteinSt.Gergory.OnMondayeveningwhiledrivingbackwithhiswifefromagamblinghouse,theDukeandtheDuchess,however,driveaway.Thehit-and-runbeco
