The Eiger Sanction: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (894 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1400098025 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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“Superior suspense on almost every page…the hero is a masterpiece of conflicting qualities—something for everyone.” —Anatole Broyard, New York Times“Trevanian can write hoops around Ian Fleming.” —Boston Globe
He lives in the French Basque mountains. His new novel, The Crazyladies of Pearl Street, will be released in hardcover in June 2005.Look for these other Trevanian classics from Three Rivers Press: Shibumi, The Loo Sanction, The Summer of Katya, and The Main.. Trevanian’s books have been translated into more than fourteen languages and have sold millions of co
He is an art professor, a mountain climber, and a mercenary, performing assassinations (i.e., sanctions) for money to augment his black-market art collection. Now Hemlock is being tricked into a hazardous assignment that involves an attempt to scale one of the most treacherous mountain peaks in the Swiss Alps, the Eiger.In a breathtakingly suspenseful story that is part thriller and part satire, the author traces Hemlock’s spine-tingling adventures, introducing a cast of intriguing characters—villains, traitors, beautiful women—into the highly charged atmosphere of danger. Jonathan Hemlock lives in a renovated Gothic church on Long Island. The accumulating threads of suspicion, accusation, and evidence gradually knit themselves into a bizarre and death-defying climax in this exciting, entertaining novel that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the last absorbing page.
d said Trevanian boesnt disappoint.. A classic. Great dialog an excellent story. Don't let the crummy movie affect your choice to read this book.. Five Stars Love the characters, good book. Brilliant Genre Fiction Or Clever Little Joke Michael P. McCullough This is the second book by Trevanian that I have read this year (I read Shibumi recently) and I am puzzled as to just how to take him. What I mean is is he serious or what? Is this a brilliant genre novel or a clever little joke?He is clearly a very good writer but sometimes his over the top superman heroes seem to have a lot in common with Remo Williams (The Destro