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Tigerman a novel
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- ISBN: 9780385352420
- ISBN: 0385352425
- ISBN: 9780385352413
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1 online resource - Publisher: New York [New York] : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
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| Source of Description Note: | Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed April 14, 2014). |
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| Genre: | Mystery fiction. Electronic books. |
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- Baker & Taylor
Assigned to a ceremonial post in Mancreu, British consul and Afghanistan war veteran Lester Ferris is compelled to disregard widespread underworld activities while bonding with a comic-addicted youth who during a violent uprising desperately relies on him for help. By the award-winning author ofAngelmaker . - Random House, Inc.
From the award-winning author of The Gone-Away World and Angelmakerâa novel at once heartfelt and thrilling about parenthood, friendship and secret identities, about heroes of both the super and the everyday kind.Â
âAn irresistible delight, something like Major Pettigrewâs Last Stand as played by James Bond.â âThe Washington Post
Sergeant Lester Ferris is a good man in need of a rest. After a long career of being shot at, he's about to retire. The mildly larcenous, backwater island of Mancreu, a former British colony in legal limbo, belching toxic clouds of waste and facing imminent destruction by an international community afraid for their own safety, is the ideal place to serve out his time. There is an illicit Black Fleet lurking in the bay: spy stations, arms dealers, offshore hospitals, drug factories and torture centers. Lester's brief, however, is to sit tight and turn a blind eye, so he drinks tea and befriends a brilliant, Internet-addled street kid with a comic-book fixation. When Mancreuâs fragile society erupts in violence, Lester must be more than just an observer: he has no choice but to rediscover the man of action he once was, and find out what kind of hero the islandâand the boyâwill need. - Random House, Inc.
A KIRKUS REVIEWS and NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARÂ
A WASHINGTON POST AND ALA NOTABLE BOOKÂ
Sergeant Lester Ferris is a good man in need of a rest. After a long career of being shot at, he's about to be retired. The mildly larcenous, backwater island of Mancreu is the ideal place to serve out his time, a former British colony in legal limbo, belching toxic clouds of waste and facing imminent destruction by an international community concerned for their own safety. The perfect place for Lester is also the perfect location for a multinational array of shady businesses. Hence the Black Fleet of illicit ships lurking in the bay: spy stations, arms dealers, offshore hospitals, money-laundering operations, drug factories and torture centers. None of which should be a problem, since Lester's brief is to sit tight and turn a blind eye.
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Meanwhile, he befriends a brilliant, Internet-addled street kid with a comic-book fixation who will need a new home when the island dies. When Mancreu's fragile society erupts in violence, Lester must be more than just an observer: he has no choice but to rediscover the man of action he once was, and find out what kind of hero the island'and the boy'will need.
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From the award-winning author of Angelmaker and The Gone-Away World, Tigerman is a novel at once deeply heartfelt and headlong thrilling'about parenthood, friendship and secret identities, about heroes of both the super and the everyday kind.
