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今年2月份,美国畅销书作家约翰·格里森姆的新作《华尔街律师》一问世,便名列纽约《出版商周刊》的畅销书榜榜首。这位风靡欧美大陆、以法律小说著称的“故事大王”在美国文坛驰骋还不到十年时间,然而他的作品却征服了无数读者和评论家,每一部小说问世都引起巨大轰动。以1994年为例,他的新旧作品共有4部上了畅销榜。一贯以保守严肃著称的《基督教科学箴言报》曾发表专栏文章说:“上飞机的乘客人手一卷格里森姆的小说,仿佛这成了联邦航空管理局的规定。”《今日美国》报道说,1993年夏天被采访的高级经管人员中,有一半以上都在读格里森姆的小说,他的读者群的年龄从10岁一直到96岁。其流行程度可见一斑。
In February of this year, the best-selling author of the United States, John Gleason, came out on top of the bestseller list in The Weekly Magazine in New York City as soon as it came out. The popular “story king,” famous for his legal novels, landed in the American literary arena for less than a decade. However, his works have conquered countless readers and critics. Each novel has caused a huge sensation. In 1994, for example, his old and new works a total of 4 on the bestseller list. The consistently highly conservative Christian Science Monitor published a column saying “Passengers on board a copy of Gleisham’s novel seem as if they have been made by the FAA.” USA Today Said that more than half of the senior executives interviewed in the summer of 1993 were reading Glimsen’s novels, whose readership ranged from 10 years to 96 years. Its popularity is evident.