The Eye of the Tiger

by Wilbur Smith

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On exotic St. Mary's Island off the African coast, charter fisherman Harry Fletcher and his sidekicks brave natural and manmade perils to find an invaluable throne statue before supercriminal Manny Resnick and his cohorts.

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Okay action thriller. A setup reminiscent of Hemingway's To Have and Have Not, with a sprinkling of Ian Fleming, a dash of Graham Greene and more than a basting of Micky Spillane. Nice exotic location and compelling underwater sequences. Plenty of action and gunfire, not all of it logically motivated. Characters nicely drawn, but overall tone a shade too grim for my tastes.
A treasure beyond believe, corrupted government officials, and modern day pirates. This book is pure adventure, page after page
This is an exciting adventure novel. Definitely a 'guy' book. Reminds me of 'Call of the Wild'.
Harry Fletcher es un héroe a lo Humphrey Bogart, el tipo que muchos querrían ser. Para él, la vida en la isla de St. Mary es muy agradable. Tiene un espléndido yate y una larga lista de clientes ansiosos por alquilarlo durante la temporada de pesca deportiva. Ha construido su casa entre las palmeras junto a una blanca playa de coral, y tiene amigos con quien compartir su paraíso. Pero la tranquilidad se rompe con la aparición de ciertos individuos decididos a encontrar un tesoro escondido en las profundidades del mar. Bellas mujeres, tempestades, explosiones, luchas con tiburones conforman la historia de acción y suspenso brillantemente escrita.
Un libro che si legge rapidamente, che ti tiene incollato ad ogni pagina sfogliata. Letto in 3 giorni appena , giusto senso dell'avventura , momenti descritti alla perfezione , wilbur smith sa il fatto suo e questo libro leggero è molto più interessante di molti suoi best sellers. Assolutamente da leggere per rilassarsi e sognare.

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Canonical title*
Tiikerin silmä
Original title
The Eye of the Tiger
Original publication date
1975
Epigraph
Tiger! Tiger! burning bright
In the forests of the night. . .
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?

William Blake
Dedication
For my wife, Danielle, with love
First words
It was one of those seasons when the fish came late.
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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Suspense & Thriller
DDC/MDS
823Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction
LCC
PZ4 .S6596Language and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction in English
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