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// 美國歷史上最駭人聽聞的罪行之一，促成聞名全球的聯邦調查局（FBI）得以成立的真實謀殺之謎 //
// 華爾街日報、GQ、時代、Vogue、Library Journal等多家權威媒體評為年度最佳圖書 //
// 入圍美國國家書卷獎、愛倫坡獎．最佳犯罪實錄 //
// 同名改編電影將在2023年5月上映，由李奧納多．狄卡皮歐(Leonardo DiCaprio)、布蘭登．費雪(Brendan Fraser)、勞勃．狄尼洛(Robert De Niro)等多位重量級卡司領銜主演 //
在 20 年代，俄克拉荷馬州奧塞奇印第安民族在他們的土地下發現石油後，他們便成為世界上最富有的人。建豪宅、買豪車，人人都有錢送孩子到歐洲讀書。
然而，在這片狂野西部的最後遺跡中，有發家致富的石油商，也有像「幻影恐怖」阿爾斯賓塞這樣的亡命之徒遊蕩其中。一個接一個，奧塞奇人開始被謀殺，槍殺、毒殺，越來越多部落成員神秘死亡。所有敢於調查的人，也會很快被殺害。
隨著死亡人數攀升，Tom White這位前德州遊騎兵被請來解開謎團。他組建了一個臥底小組，手握最新偵查科技，與同樣被視為目標的奧塞奇家族聯手，努力搶在死神趕到前，揭露這起美國歷史上最令人毛骨悚然的陰謀……
以本書為模板、傳奇導演馬丁·史柯西斯的電影《花月殺手》中，三小時多的時長內除了偶爾穿插的必要背景音樂以外，幾乎是安靜的。導演史柯西斯並沒有將電影 – 以好萊塢的悲劇電影的方式 – 營造出悲戚的氛圍。反之，史柯西斯讓每個鏡頭都充滿著寂靜，以此試圖呈現每個事件的原始、透明樣貌，讓觀眾了解到，這一切無人性的謀殺都來自於無盡的貪念。
《Killers of the Flower Moon》基於多年的研究和驚人的新證據，一步步帶領讀者重溫了一連串令人髮指的罪行，前後有數十人被冷血殺害。駭人聽聞的不僅是兇案背後的陰謀，更有社會對美國印第安人冷酷無情和偏見的尖銳控訴。
“A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime thrillers ask?”—USA Today
“A masterful work of literary journalism crafted with the urgency of a mystery.” —The Boston Globe
In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe.
Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. One of her relatives was shot. Another was poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more Osage were dying under mysterious circumstances, and many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered.
As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case, and the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.
作者介紹
DAVID GRANN is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine. He is the author of the critically acclaimed books "The Wager," "The Lost City of Z," and "Killers of the Flower Moon," which was a finalist for the National Book Award. He is also the author of "The White Darkness" and the collection "The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession." His book "Killers of the Flower Moon" was recently adapted into a film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, and Robert De Niro. Several of his other stories, including "The Lost City of Z" and "Old Man and the Gun," have also been adapted into major motion pictures. His investigative reporting and storytelling have garnered several honors, including a George Polk Award and an Edgar Allan Poe Award.
