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1、BlackmailAbouttheauthor.ThisnoveliswrittenbyArthurHailey.Heisabestsellersnovelist.Bornin Luton,Bedfordshire,England,Haileyservedinthe RoyalAirForce fromthestartofWorldWarIIduring1939until1947,whenhewenttoliveinCanada.Hailey'slastnovel, Detective(1997),isamysterytoldfromtheperspective
2、ofaMiamihomicidedetective.ThisdetectivealsohappenstobeaformerCatholicpriestwhohaslosthisreligion;theworkdealswiththemesofreligionandquestionstheCatholicChurch.HaileytoldtheWaldenBookReportthathisaiminwritingthisbookwastosharehisownthoughtsaboutreligionwithout"mak[ing]italecture."Hesa
3、ysthathelosthisownfaithwhileservinginCyprusduringWorldWarII,andthatsinceex-priestshavemanyoccupationshemightaswellgivehisprotagonistanexcitingone.Afterworkingatanumberofjobsandwritingpart-time,hebecameawriterfull-timeduring1956.FollowingthesuccessofHotelduring1965,hemovedtoCalifornia
4、;in1969,hemovedtothe Bahamas toavoidCanadianandU.S. incometaxes,whichwereclaiming90%ofhisincome.Hisbestsellersinclude:Hotel,Airport,Wheels,TheFinalDiagnosisandTheMoneychangers.AboutthebestsellersofauthorEachofhisnovelshasadifferentindustrialorcommercialsettingandincludes,inadditionto
5、dramatichumanconflict,carefullyresearchedinformationaboutthewaythatparticularenvironmentandsystemfunctionsandhowtheseaffectsocietyanditsinhabitants.CriticsoftendismissedHailey'ssuccessastheresultofaformulaic"potboilera"style,inwhichhecausedanordinarycharactertobecomeinvolvedinacrisis
6、,thenincreasedthesuspensebyswitchingamongmultiplerelatedplotlines.However,hewassopopularwithreadersthathisbookswerealmostguaranteedtobecomebest-sellers.Hewouldspendaboutoneyearresearchingasubject,followedbysixmonthsreviewinghisnotesand,finally,about18monthswritingthebook.Thataggressi
7、veresearch—trackingrebelguerrillasinthe Peruvian jungleatage67for TheEveningNews(1990),orreading27booksonthehotelindustryfor Hotel—gavehisnovelsarealismthatappealedtoreaders,evenassomecriticscomplainedthatheusedittodisguisealackofliterarytalent.Manyofhisbooksreached1onthe NewYorkTime
8、sbestsellerl
