以酷兒角度重新詮釋的《小木偶皮諾丘》
在這個反烏托邦的世界裡，人類已幾乎被機器全面抹去⋯⋯
一片小森林裡，有個怪異的小屋，裡頭住著三個機器人：偏向父親角色，作為發明家的機器人Giovanni Lawson，一個嚴重反社會人格的護士型機器人－Ratched，以及強烈渴望關注和關愛的小小清掃機器人－Rambo。另外，小屋中還有一位被Gio撫養長大的真正人類－Victor Lawson，他們一家四『人』，長年隱居於此。
有天Vic意外救下了一個陌生的機器人，機器人身上的標籤寫著『HAP』，卻也同時意外地得知了關於Gio和這個HAP共同的黑暗過去，那段曾經狩獵人類的歲月⋯⋯Vic修復HAP後，HAP卻無意間洩露出了他們一家子的行蹤，導致Gio被逮捕回他的舊研究室。為了避免Gio被停用，甚至更糟糕的下場是，可能系統會被重新編碼，剩下的三個『人』決定展開救援之旅。
身為這世界上最後生存的人類，Vic面對從機器人HAP身上感知到的恨與愛，他又該如何去理解和接納呢？
(文／博客來外文館)
A NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND INDIE BESTSELLER!
New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune invites you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts.
Most Anticipated from BookPage - Goodreads - The Nerd Daily - Paste Magazine - LitReactor - OverDrive - LGBTQ Reads - Tor.com-LibraryReads- more＂An enchanting tale of Pinocchio in the end times.＂ --P. Djèlí Clark
In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots--fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They’re a family, hidden and safe.
The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled ＂HAP,＂ he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio-a past spent hunting humans.
When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio’s former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic’s assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.
Along the way to save Gio, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap, Vic must decide for himself: Can he accept love with strings attached?
Inspired by Carlo Collodi’s
The Adventures of Pinocchio, and like
Swiss Family Robinson meets
Wall-E,
In the Lives of Puppets is a masterful stand-alone fantasy adventure from the beloved author who brought you
The House in the Cerulean Sea and
Under the Whispering Door.★ ＂An epic quest of rescue and discovery [with] the author’s trademark charm, heart, and bittersweetness.＂ --
Library Journal, starred review
Praise for TJ Klune’s previous work: ＂Like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket.＂ --
V.E. SCHWAB - ＂Very close to perfect.＂ --
SEANAN McGUIRE - ＂Utterly absorbing.＂ --
GAIL CARRIGER - ＂It will renew your faith in humanity.＂ --
TERRY BROOKS - ＂It healed me.＂ --
CASSANDRA KHAW - ＂Compassionate.＂ --
RYKA AOKI
金石堂
