哈利波特 3：阿茲卡班的逃犯（美國版平裝）

 

　　瑪姬姑姑又要來了！這個名字一出現在德思禮家，就代表著哈利為期一週的惡夢。小時候玩大風吹，她會用手杖猛敲哈利的腳，免得他贏過達力，有一年他不小心踩到了瑪姬養的牛頭犬，只能在樹上躲到三更半夜。瑪姬姑姑跟德思禮家所有人一樣，都以貶低他為樂，直到她侮辱了哈利的父母，被他用魔法變成大氣球……

 

　　在麻瓜的世界裡擅自使用魔法是重罪，哈利擔心自己一時的衝動，會害他永遠回不了霍格華茲，但對整個魔法世界來說，有遠比瑪姬姑姑更嚴重的事。天狼星．布萊克逃離了阿茲卡班監獄！十三年前，他只下了一個詛咒，就殺死了十三個人，如今這個佛地魔追隨者的頭號目標，正是——哈利波特！

 

　　好不容易回到霍格華茲，升上三年級的哈利卻發現，恐怖的「催狂魔」已經悄悄進駐校園。這是魔法部為了追捕天狼星所放出的邪惡生物，牠們喜愛腐敗和絕望，會將人們心中的一切的美好全都吸食殆盡。牠們的到來，讓原本就已危機四伏的校園生活，變得更加令人毛骨悚然。而就在此時，占卜學的崔老妮教授，竟在哈利的茶杯中看到了「死亡」的預兆……

 

　　----中文簡介擷取自中譯本《哈利波特(3)：阿茲卡班的逃犯》，皇冠出版

 
For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort.

Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts . . . he's at Hogwarts."

Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor in their midst.

作者簡介

J.K.羅琳 J.K. Rowling

　　《哈利波特》系列的作者，七集小說陸續在一九九七至二○○七年間出版，在全球創下四億五千萬部的暢銷紀錄，並被翻譯成七十四種語言，在超過兩百個國家出版，也被改編拍成八部電影，二○一六年推出的第八個故事則是以原創劇本形式發表的《哈利波特：被詛咒的孩子》。

　　J. K.羅琳曾榮獲眾多獎項，包含表揚她對兒童文學貢獻的大英帝國勳章、西班牙的國際阿斯圖里亞斯王子和平獎、法國的榮譽軍團勳章以及國際安徒生大獎。她以個人名義創辦的慈善信託基金「Volant」支援許多慈善行動，而她擔任創辦人的「Lumos」亦致力於改變弱勢兒童的生活。

　　另著有《臨時空缺》，以及以「羅勃‧蓋布瑞斯」為化名所撰寫的「私探史崔克」犯罪小說系列。

　　她也首度擔任電影《怪獸與他們的產地》的編劇，這部羅琳魔法世界的延伸作品已於二○一六年十一月上映。
　　J.K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of seven books, which have sold over 450 million copies, been translated into 79 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. She has written three companion volumes in aid of charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (in aid of Comic Relief), and The Tales of Beedle the Bard (in aid of Lumos), as well as a screenplay inspired by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. J.K. Rowling has also collaborated on a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts Parts One and Two, which opens in London’s West End in the summer of 2016. In 2012, J.K. Rowling’s digital company Pottermore was launched, where fans can enjoy her new writing and immerse themselves deeper in the wizarding world. J.K. Rowling has written a novel for adult readers, The Casual Vacancy, and also writes crime novels under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.