★ 2006年美國圖書館協會普立茲獎
★ 2005年《出版人週刊》最佳年度圖書! (青少年類)
★ 2003年澳洲「童書委員會」年度最佳圖書
傳信人，他會把溫暖與希望傳遞進入你的生活裡。即使要透過拳頭、啤酒、手槍和冰淇淋……
二十歲的無照計程車司機艾德已經當了一輩子廢物。他媽恨他，他弟前途光明，他爸酗酒早逝，他暗戀他的好友奧黛莉，但奧黛莉又是個到處招惹男人的風騷豔姝。艾德沒受過太多教育，牌技也差，收入又低，身旁的幾位好友和他同屬社會廢材敗犬族群。他養了一條十七歲的老狗，取名「看門狗」，這隻狗不但不愛洗澡，而且根本不會看門。 不過，艾德這輩子第一次挺身而出，就改變了自己的命運。
Meet Ed Kennedy—underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he’s hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That’s when the first Ace arrives. That’s when Ed becomes the messenger. . . .
Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary), until only one question remains: Who’s behind Ed’s mission?
Winner of the 2003 Children’s Book Council Book of the Year Award in Australia, I Am the Messenger is a cryptic journey filled with laughter, fists, and love.
★ 2005年《出版人週刊》最佳年度圖書! (青少年類)
★ 2003年澳洲「童書委員會」年度最佳圖書
傳信人，他會把溫暖與希望傳遞進入你的生活裡。即使要透過拳頭、啤酒、手槍和冰淇淋……
二十歲的無照計程車司機艾德已經當了一輩子廢物。他媽恨他，他弟前途光明，他爸酗酒早逝，他暗戀他的好友奧黛莉，但奧黛莉又是個到處招惹男人的風騷豔姝。艾德沒受過太多教育，牌技也差，收入又低，身旁的幾位好友和他同屬社會廢材敗犬族群。他養了一條十七歲的老狗，取名「看門狗」，這隻狗不但不愛洗澡，而且根本不會看門。 不過，艾德這輩子第一次挺身而出，就改變了自己的命運。
Meet Ed Kennedy—underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he’s hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That’s when the first Ace arrives. That’s when Ed becomes the messenger. . . .
Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary), until only one question remains: Who’s behind Ed’s mission?
Winner of the 2003 Children’s Book Council Book of the Year Award in Australia, I Am the Messenger is a cryptic journey filled with laughter, fists, and love.