1. 最知名的作品《云图》，仅距04年的曼布克奖咫尺之遥，但是评委们不免怀疑如果只是为其自身利益（即获奖），这本书是否做得有点聪明过头了？
His best known book, " Cloud Atlas ", came within a whisker of winning the award in2004, but the judges could not throw off the suspicion that it was just a bit too clever for its own good.
2. 咫尺书的解释
2. 最知名的作品《云图》，仅距04年的曼布克奖咫尺之遥，但是评委们不免怀疑如果只是为其自身利益（即获奖），这本书是否做得有点聪明过头了？
His best known book," Cloud Atlas ", came within a whisker of winning the award in2004, but the judges could not throw off the suspicion that it was just a bit too clever for its own good.