Blueeyedboy

'Once there was a widow with three sons, and their names were Black, Brown and Blue. Black was the eldest; moody and aggressive. Brown was the middle child; timid and dull.

But Blue was his mother's favourite. And he was a murderer.' Blueeyed boy is the brilliant new novel from Joanne Harris: a dark and intricately plotted tale of a poisonously dysfunctional family, a blind child prodigy, and a serial murderer who is not who he seems. Told through posts on a webjournal called "Badguysrock", this is a thriller that makes creative use of all the multiple personalities, disguise and mind games that are offered by playing out a life on the internet.

我媽有三個孩子，黑色、棕色、藍色，我是她的最愛，我是藍眼男孩
是結冰的淡藍、煙霧的灰藍、受寵的寶藍、驕傲的孔雀藍
瘀傷的靛藍、窒息的黯藍、運屍袋的天藍
這是我逃離她的故事_
歡迎光臨「壞蛋萬歲部落格」

母愛的黑洞裡，透出窒息的藍光

這家的媽媽，堅苦卓絕含辛茹苦地撫養三個兒子，但她其實是個控制狂……
這家的大哥，是唯一記得爸爸的人，卻魯莽衝動，橫行霸道……
這家的二哥，膽小怯懦，遲鈍傻楞，他自己的媽媽都認為這孩子是領失業救濟金的第一候選人……
這家的小兒子，藍眼男孩，有天分、肯定會有成就、是媽媽的寶貝，是這位苦命女士通往坦途的門票
然而，他的天分是毒素，在他的腦子、血管裡跳動

嗶嗶，四十二歲，醫院清潔工，每天穿著令他媽媽引以為傲的西裝上班，參加寫作課程，擁有許多期待看到他作品的朋友……但事實是，他仍和母親住在一起，除了那份沒前途的工作外，他的社交生活就是上網，他建立了一個名為「壞蛋萬歲」的部落格，他的朋友全都在那上面，他們相濡以沫，分享彼此的創意──全是些關於謀殺的創意。
這個部落格的第二個功能是，為了偷偷接近雅柏汀，這女孩與藍眼男孩共同經歷了一段尷尬、不堪、恥辱的過去。那段過不去的過去裡有望子成龍的母親們、有疑似超能天才的兒童施展聯覺感應的神奇力量（看見聲音、聽見顏色）、有八卦耳語嫉妒共同打造的神童隕落醜聞……許多事件都染上邪惡的色彩、沾附了惡毒的氣味，每個人都躲不開謀殺的濾鏡，而當中最危險的是藍眼男孩的母親，因為這是「壞蛋萬歲」的目標，一個弒親殺母的練習園地。
當藍眼男孩與網友之間的扭曲關係逐步向前推進，一篇篇貼文緩緩道出了他仇恨手足、企圖殺親的緣由，以及一樁發生在二十年前殘酷謀殺的悲哀真相……
在這個錯誤又殘酷的世界裡，誰能說自己全然無辜……

全書分為六大篇章，皆以顏色為題，以一篇篇部落格貼文鋪陳展開。作者在每篇貼文開頭放上與當下心緒相應的樂曲，全書曲目又再度構成令人玩味、充滿暗示的線索。

A gripping psychological thriller played out in cyberspace, from the bestselling author of Chocolat and The Lollipop Shoes.

"Once there was a widow with three sons, and their names were Black, Brown and Blue. Black was the eldest; moody and aggressive. Brown was the middle child, timid and dull. But Blue was his mother's favourite. And he was a murderer."

Blueyedboy is the brilliant new novel from Joanne Harris: a dark and intricately plotted tale of a poisonously dysfunctional family, a blind child prodigy, and a serial murderer who is not who he seems.