A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

　　當一場不明事件引發了末日，在崩壞的世界裡，忠誠、愛、人性的重量如何衡量？



　　我的名字叫做葛里茲(Griz)，我的生活不太一樣。

　　我沒有朋友，而我從小到大，認識的人不超過一支足球隊。父母告訴我過去世界曾經多麼擁擠，但如今不同以往了。但我們一家人也不全然是孤獨的。在這遙遠的島上，至少我們還有彼此與我們的狗。



　　然後小偷來了。



　　雖然沒有明文規定，小偷的行為是不對的。但你的所作所為，就必然料到我會追著你到世界盡頭。假如我們對所愛的人事物毫無忠誠，那一切還有什麼意義？



　　這本令人愛不釋手的小說充滿奇想，帶點末日後的孤寂感，巧妙的人物性格、意想不到的發展、引人入勝的情節，交織著倖存、勇氣與希望，喜愛《如果我們的世界消失了》(Station Eleven)或是《末日殭屍女孩》(暫譯，The Girl With All the Gifts)的讀者絕對不能錯過，又一末日主題的傑出作品。

A suspenseful, atmospheric tale. . .punctured by a gut-punch twist (Entertainment Weekly), A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World is a story of survival, courage and hope amid the ruins of our world.

My name’s Griz. I’ve never been to school, I’ve never had friends, and in my whole life I’ve not met enough people to play a game of football. My parents told me how crowded the world used to be, before all the people went away. But we were never lonely on our remote island. We had each other, and our dogs.

Then the thief came.

This unputdownable story has everything -- a well-imagined post-apocalyptic world, great characters, incredible suspense, and, of course, the fierce love of some very good dogs. -- Kirkus (starred review)

C. A. Fletcher has children and dogs. He lives in Scotland and writes for a living.