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1、READINGCOMPREHENSIONTEXTAClancyMartinknowsalotaboutlying•He1snowanassociateprofessorofphilosophyattheUniversityofMissouri,KansasCity,specializingin19th-and20th-centurycontinentalphilosophyandbusinessethics,andhewrotehisdissertationondeception•Buthereallylearnedhowtolieinhisyouth,wh
2、enhewasacrackerjackjewelrysalesman.Notasgoodashisbrother,perhaps,butgoodenoughtoturnafakeRolexintotherealthingandmoneyintotheexpressionoflove.nIdomissit,HMartinadmits•nImissthatfeelingofbeingontheedge.Saywhatyouwill,thereissomethingfunaboutdeceivingpeople.Itmaybeasickness•nTalkingt
3、oMartinaboutdeceptioncanbeunnerving.Hisvoice,sweetenedwithsincerity,hasthecompulsivetonesofaconvert.Sincerepeoplemakegoodsalesmen.SowhattomakeofClancyMartin—amanwhowantstosellhisdebutnovelwhilereclaiminghissoul?Whenhewasyoung,sellingwassimple—amatterofgettingacustomertobuyintohisfi
4、ctions•nHewasaverygiftedliar,sayshisbrotherandformerbusinesspartner,Darren.nWe1dsaystoryteller—awonderfulstoryteller.HThatmuchisstilltrue,asMartin1snovel,HowtoSell,makesclear•HowtoSellisoutrageous,theatricalandslickerthanoil.IttellsthetaleofBobbyClark,ahigh-schooldropoutwhojoinshis
5、olderbrotheratajewelryemporiuminTexas.It1safestivalofdrugs,diamondsandsex.Prostitution,asaleswomanturnedhookersuggestsatonepoint,isamorehonestkindoflivingthanthejewelrytrade(atleastinthisbook)•nWithwhatIdonow,nshetellsBobby,nIsleepwellatnight.nMartinwasborninToronto,in1967.Likehisp
6、rotagonist,helefthighschool,movedtoTexasandgotajobatthejewelrystorewherehisbrotherworked.111wouldsaythat,unfortunately,mostofthebookislifteddirectlyfrommylife—withsomeexaggerationandlotsofomission,nsaysMartincheerfully.Forayoungman,thelifehadakindofrecklessglamour.11Youselladiamond
7、,andboom,11hesays.ButMartinwasalittledifferentfrommostemployees.Heread,forexample.JustasBobbyriffsonaJorgeLuisBorgesstorytosellabracelet,Martinwovestoriesforcustomersfromtheplotlinesofbooks,andhe1dreadSpinoza1sEthics—betweenboozeandbumpsofcoke.Bobbyfspain,too,comesfromMartin1slife:
8、hiscomplicatedrelationship
