- Hardcover: 316 pages
- Publisher: Outlet (October 1972)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0517500345
- ISBN-13: 978-0517500347
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,658,360 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
“Trevanian can write hoops around Ian Fleming.” —Boston Globe
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Jonathan Hemlock lives in a renovated Gothic church on Long Island. 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. 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. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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. 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. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Tedious, couldn't wait to finish,
This review is from: Eiger Sanction (Mass Market Paperback)
I recently read a book called "The Eiger Sanction." I found it very poorly written: no meat for the intellect--- it provides merely vulgar entertainment for the gonads. There is nothing one can sink one's cerebral cortex into. It is sensation for the sake of stimulation, with nothing to occupy the mind. While billed as a "spy novel," there is very little inside to suggest this. There is no witty plot; no cleverness on the part of the characters. The main character is mentally ill, tasteless, uninteresting, and a murdering sociopath--- and is also *BORING!* If meeting such a person in real life, one would not waste one's time even saying "Hello" to him: it's a waste of time spending three or four days reading about him. The author doesn't even have him face justice for his murders: he's rewarded for his killings.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best spy/assassin novel I've ever read.,
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This review is from: Eiger Sanction (Mass Market Paperback)
I liked the main character, John Hemlock. He's an assassin for the government armed with a sharp tongue. He is a man without conscience but surprisingly Trevanian does a great job of getting you to like his character. I don't wish to spoil the entire book, so if anyone out there likes spy novels, this is the one for you.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Trevanian, again...,
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This review is from: Eiger Sanction (Mass Market Paperback)
Well, certainly not a Shibumi. But for those who have been overwhelmingly fascinated by Shibumi, that book is satisfactory. It shows the readers the extent of Trevanian's intellect and knowledge. But I cannot say that I actually liked Hemlock, he is rather cold-blooded compared with Hel, he is more like a robot, than an actual novel character. But still it is Trevanian, and I simply LOVE this guy's work.:))
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