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Solar《太陽能》Ian McEwan
【面臨中年危機的物理學家將拯救地球！？】
曾獲諾貝爾獎的物理學家 Michael Beard 已經過了他的人生巔峰，現在不過是個好色、禿頭且又矮又胖的中年男人。而他的第五段婚姻正面臨危機，不過這次出軌的卻是他的老婆，但他卻仍然愛著她。當他從一次前往北極觀察全球暖化現象的旅程返家時，發現老婆的第二個偷情對象，且接著在他眼前離奇死亡。
然而，這場意外的發生對他來說卻是個絕佳的機會，不僅能從婚姻麻煩中脫身，更將開啟他事業的第二春，甚至讓他有可能從環境災難的手中解救全世界。
《太陽能》的故事從北極圈跨越至美國新墨西哥州的沙漠，訴說著一個男人的貪婪之欲及自我欺騙，更揭露人類面對這個時代最急迫且複雜的全球暖化問題時所顯現的人性弱點，無論是科學家間的人際關係、能源產業內的利益爭奪或媒體所能造成的影響。
Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: his wife is having the affair, and he is still in love with her. When Beard's professional and personal worlds collide in a freak accident, an opportunity presents itself for Beard to extricate himself from his marital mess, reinvigorate his career and save the world from environmental disaster.
ISBN:9780099549024
