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Evan Tanner #5
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The Cold War's boiling over. Global tensions are near the breaking point. So what's the perfect assignment for a super-spy who hasn't slept since the Korean conflict? A fun-filled trip to the Montreal World's Fair! The adorable little girl he's escorting—who, under different circumstances, would be sitting on the Lithuanian throne—can hardly contain her excitement, but it isn't all playtime for Evan Tanner. Some mysterious disappearances, apparently linked to the fair's Cuban exhibition, need to be looked into. Keeping his mind on business, however, won't be easy after an insatiable lovely in a tiger skin falls into Tanner's arms, and a mother lode of dangerous drugs falls into his lap. But the biggest, deadliest suprise is the terrorist plot Tanner's tumbling into, and he'll have to think and act quickly to prevent the visiting queen of England from being blown to smithereens.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 1985
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Lawrence Block
767 books2,979 followersLawrence Block has been writing crime, mystery, and suspense fiction for more than half a century. He has published in excess (oh, wretched excess!) of 100 books, and no end of short stories.
Born in Buffalo, N.Y., LB attended Antioch College, but left before completing his studies; school authorities advised him that they felt he’d be happier elsewhere, and he thought this was remarkably perceptive of them.
His earliest work, published pseudonymously in the late 1950s, was mostly in the field of midcentury erotica, an apprenticeship he shared with Donald E. Westlake and Robert Silverberg. The first time Lawrence Block’s name appeared in print was when his short story “You Can’t Lose” was published in the February 1958 issue of Manhunt. The first book published under his own name was Mona (1961); it was reissued several times over the years, once as Sweet Slow Death. In 2005 it became the first offering from Hard Case Crime, and bore for the first time LB’s original title, Grifter’s Game.
LB is best known for his series characters, including cop-turned-private investigator Matthew Scudder, gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, globe-trotting insomniac Evan Tanner, and introspective assassin Keller.
Because one name is never enough, LB has also published under pseudonyms including Jill Emerson, John Warren Wells, Lesley Evans, and Anne Campbell Clarke.
LB’s magazine appearances include American Heritage, Redbook, Playboy, Linn’s Stamp News, Cosmopolitan, GQ, and The New York Times. His monthly instructional column ran in Writer’s Digest for 14 years, and led to a string of books for writers, including the classics Telling Lies for Fun & Profit and The Liar’s Bible. He has also written episodic television (Tilt!) and the Wong Kar-wai film, My Blueberry Nights.
Several of LB’s books have been filmed. The latest, A Walk Among the Tombstones, stars Liam Neeson as Matthew Scudder and is scheduled for release in September, 2014.
LB is a Grand Master of Mystery Writers of America, and a past president of MWA and the Private Eye Writers of America. He has won the Edgar and Shamus awards four times each, and the Japanese Maltese Falcon award twice, as well as the Nero Wolfe and Philip Marlowe awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Diamond Dagger for Life Achievement from the Crime Writers Association (UK). He’s also been honored with the Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award from Mystery Ink magazine and the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement in the short story. In France, he has been proclaimed a Grand Maitre du Roman Noir and has twice been awarded the Societe 813 trophy. He has been a guest of honor at Bouchercon and at book fairs and mystery festivals in France, Germany, Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Spain and Taiwan. As if that were not enough, he was also presented with the key to the city of Muncie, Indiana. (But as soon as he left, they changed the locks.)
LB and his wife Lynne are enthusiastic New Yorkers and relentless world travelers; the two are members of the Travelers Century Club, and have visited around 160 countries.
He is a modest and humble fellow, although you would never guess as much from this biographical note.
Born in Buffalo, N.Y., LB attended Antioch College, but left before completing his studies; school authorities advised him that they felt he’d be happier elsewhere, and he thought this was remarkably perceptive of them.
His earliest work, published pseudonymously in the late 1950s, was mostly in the field of midcentury erotica, an apprenticeship he shared with Donald E. Westlake and Robert Silverberg. The first time Lawrence Block’s name appeared in print was when his short story “You Can’t Lose” was published in the February 1958 issue of Manhunt. The first book published under his own name was Mona (1961); it was reissued several times over the years, once as Sweet Slow Death. In 2005 it became the first offering from Hard Case Crime, and bore for the first time LB’s original title, Grifter’s Game.
LB is best known for his series characters, including cop-turned-private investigator Matthew Scudder, gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, globe-trotting insomniac Evan Tanner, and introspective assassin Keller.
Because one name is never enough, LB has also published under pseudonyms including Jill Emerson, John Warren Wells, Lesley Evans, and Anne Campbell Clarke.
LB’s magazine appearances include American Heritage, Redbook, Playboy, Linn’s Stamp News, Cosmopolitan, GQ, and The New York Times. His monthly instructional column ran in Writer’s Digest for 14 years, and led to a string of books for writers, including the classics Telling Lies for Fun & Profit and The Liar’s Bible. He has also written episodic television (Tilt!) and the Wong Kar-wai film, My Blueberry Nights.
Several of LB’s books have been filmed. The latest, A Walk Among the Tombstones, stars Liam Neeson as Matthew Scudder and is scheduled for release in September, 2014.
LB is a Grand Master of Mystery Writers of America, and a past president of MWA and the Private Eye Writers of America. He has won the Edgar and Shamus awards four times each, and the Japanese Maltese Falcon award twice, as well as the Nero Wolfe and Philip Marlowe awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Diamond Dagger for Life Achievement from the Crime Writers Association (UK). He’s also been honored with the Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award from Mystery Ink magazine and the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement in the short story. In France, he has been proclaimed a Grand Maitre du Roman Noir and has twice been awarded the Societe 813 trophy. He has been a guest of honor at Bouchercon and at book fairs and mystery festivals in France, Germany, Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Spain and Taiwan. As if that were not enough, he was also presented with the key to the city of Muncie, Indiana. (But as soon as he left, they changed the locks.)
LB and his wife Lynne are enthusiastic New Yorkers and relentless world travelers; the two are members of the Travelers Century Club, and have visited around 160 countries.
He is a modest and humble fellow, although you would never guess as much from this biographical note.
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June 23, 2024
Evan Tanner is a most unusual character, even for Block. Tanner survived the Korean War, but returned with a bit of sharpnel lodged in his brain, specifically in his sleep center. Therefore, he never sleeps – ever.
What does he do with all his time? Well, he has learned a smattering of just about every language and he has joined just about every group supporting every lost cause that could ever be imagined, whether its Macedonian independence, Lithuanian independence, Free the Whales, the IRA, and, of course, as relevant to this particular story, Free Quebec.
His contacts with all of these independence and subversive groups gives Tanner contacts all over the world, contacts he has memorized in his incredible mind. It also leads to trouble because foreign governments are often uncomfortable with his membership in some of these groups.
Tanner sort of works for a secretive government organization, sort of like the CIA, but not. Written in 1968 and set in the midst of the Cold War, it is a comedic answer to Ian Fleming’s Bond series. These books are sardonic, witty, and filled with humour. It is interesting to read about all of these groups trying to get independence when decades later, the Iron Curtain has fallen and been smashed into smithereens and many of the formerly Soviet Block countries are now free and independent.
This, the fifth book in the series, takes Mr. Tanner on a journey to the exotic land of Canada, particularly French-speaking Canada where he must deal with the Cuban mission to the World’s Fair Expo in Montreal. In tow with him is the impish girl, Minna, a Lithuanian princess, who, if the world was differently ordered, would be heir to the throne of that medieval kingdom. Of all the borders Tanner has crossed over the years, the Canadian border proves, strangely enough, to be one of he most difficult for him, given his membership in certain subversive organizations.
Of course, the tale wouldn't be complete without a French-speaking nymphomaniac who just happens to be an absolute knockout, the Queen of England, and a fortune in illicit heroin.
The bottom line is that this is a terrific, funny read, more in the vein of Bernie Rhodenbarr than anything else by Block. A lot of fun to read, and certainly not to be taken too seriously.
What does he do with all his time? Well, he has learned a smattering of just about every language and he has joined just about every group supporting every lost cause that could ever be imagined, whether its Macedonian independence, Lithuanian independence, Free the Whales, the IRA, and, of course, as relevant to this particular story, Free Quebec.
His contacts with all of these independence and subversive groups gives Tanner contacts all over the world, contacts he has memorized in his incredible mind. It also leads to trouble because foreign governments are often uncomfortable with his membership in some of these groups.
Tanner sort of works for a secretive government organization, sort of like the CIA, but not. Written in 1968 and set in the midst of the Cold War, it is a comedic answer to Ian Fleming’s Bond series. These books are sardonic, witty, and filled with humour. It is interesting to read about all of these groups trying to get independence when decades later, the Iron Curtain has fallen and been smashed into smithereens and many of the formerly Soviet Block countries are now free and independent.
This, the fifth book in the series, takes Mr. Tanner on a journey to the exotic land of Canada, particularly French-speaking Canada where he must deal with the Cuban mission to the World’s Fair Expo in Montreal. In tow with him is the impish girl, Minna, a Lithuanian princess, who, if the world was differently ordered, would be heir to the throne of that medieval kingdom. Of all the borders Tanner has crossed over the years, the Canadian border proves, strangely enough, to be one of he most difficult for him, given his membership in certain subversive organizations.
Of course, the tale wouldn't be complete without a French-speaking nymphomaniac who just happens to be an absolute knockout, the Queen of England, and a fortune in illicit heroin.
The bottom line is that this is a terrific, funny read, more in the vein of Bernie Rhodenbarr than anything else by Block. A lot of fun to read, and certainly not to be taken too seriously.
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October 4, 2017This signed numbered slipcased edition is numbered 78 of 175 copies produced and is signed by Lawrence Block, a trade hardcover was also produced.
January 21, 2016
Pure bedlam as always... a shade less tho since the setting is not that exotic
August 14, 2025
How is it that our heroic hero can cross so many borders behind the Iron Curtain with impunity and yet cannot seem to gain access to Canada from his NYC homestead?
Read his memoir of that time when he and Minna tried to visit Expo 67 in Montreal and they got mixed up with a tigress, French freedom fighters, Cubans, the Mounties, the FBI and certain draft-dodging, pot-smoking hippies.
Ah, yes. Good times.
Read his memoir of that time when he and Minna tried to visit Expo 67 in Montreal and they got mixed up with a tigress, French freedom fighters, Cubans, the Mounties, the FBI and certain draft-dodging, pot-smoking hippies.
Ah, yes. Good times.
February 1, 2021
I really didn't want to dnf this book but in the end I did. I'm a big fan of Lawrence Block and in particular this series. But in reading the books in order I noticed they got steadily more long winded. The last book a bit and this one more so. I mean that the author uses a lot of words to move the story along a little. Pages and pages were written about little things. I started to fast read, then skip, then finally just searched for what I wanted to know and then quit the book.
Spoilers below: The book starts off fine with Tanner and his daughter being kicked out of Canada because he belonged to a Quebec independence movement. Then the next chapter skips back to tell us why (non-linear chapters, another pet peeve of mine). His main objective is to visit the Canadian Expo of 1967 in Montreal. The chief also sends him there to monitor the Cuban exhibit.
He gets back into Canada but Minna is lost (or abducted) and Tanner gets involved in the free Quebec movement which has plans to kill or kidnap QE2. I started to fast read about there because the writing just got too long winded. I soldiered on as I wanted to find out what happened to Minna. In the end I just decided to do a word search for Minna.
This is a 220 page book but really should have been completed in 100 pages of normal content. The other 110 ten pages are just word filler. Very disappointed. This isn't the first series which got progressively worse, I just hope this isn't one of them. On to book #6.
Spoilers below: The book starts off fine with Tanner and his daughter being kicked out of Canada because he belonged to a Quebec independence movement. Then the next chapter skips back to tell us why (non-linear chapters, another pet peeve of mine). His main objective is to visit the Canadian Expo of 1967 in Montreal. The chief also sends him there to monitor the Cuban exhibit.
He gets back into Canada but Minna is lost (or abducted) and Tanner gets involved in the free Quebec movement which has plans to kill or kidnap QE2. I started to fast read about there because the writing just got too long winded. I soldiered on as I wanted to find out what happened to Minna. In the end I just decided to do a word search for Minna.
This is a 220 page book but really should have been completed in 100 pages of normal content. The other 110 ten pages are just word filler. Very disappointed. This isn't the first series which got progressively worse, I just hope this isn't one of them. On to book #6.
August 21, 2018
Not my favorite of Block's works -- I've liked his burglar series a good bit better, and I'm probably not going to seek out further novels starring Evan Tanner all that ardently -- but the man always delivers a solidly entertaining read, even if the characters aren't always believable. I particularly found Tanner's love interest in this book tiresome; the character is sort of intended to cause that reaction, but I felt it mostly because she was so poorly developed and one-dimensional. Still a fun read, if insubstantial.
March 10, 2025
funny and the first Lawrence Block I've ever read/listened too narrated by Nick Sullivan it cover's Evan Tanner's foray into Canada at the Expo in Montreal in '67. The girl he is traveling with goes missing in the Cuban Pavilion and Evan must get her back in the mean time The Queen is scheduled to make a visit to Expo, and some French patriots are looking to blow up her barge so Evan also must stop an assassination attempt on her life. Along the way he means a Canadian pilot who can fly anything a hot little French lady named Arlette and various other characters along the way.
March 13, 2017
Block's Evan Tanner books are good fun, a sort of accidental spy series, and quite different to some of the hard-boiled noir mystery books he also writes. Whatever he writes he does write well - this book set in Canada flows along nicely.
July 17, 2017
Dated premise, silly story, but the whole series is pretty silly. Racist, sexist, in the benign vein. I'm hoping Tanner (Block) evolves.
July 20, 2019
An undercover trip to the Montreal World's Fair does not go well for Evan and Nina
November 8, 2019
Enjoyable; not quite so good as the previous book in the series (Tanner's swingers) but recommended in case of bad weather and little light in the sky...
July 23, 2020
Not the strongest book in the series but worth reading. The little girl appears in later books.
July 19, 2021
July 2021. Never read this story before today. Not my favorite Tanner or favorite Block. I did like the last 5 pages.
October 22, 2024
Another international caper for Evan Tanner.
June 18, 2021
I finished all the tanner books, and this one is the weakest of them all. Glad that I picked it last.
First of all the title itself is kind of vague, it doesn't make much sense regarding the story. The entire plot is silly, without any hint of plausibility . The way plot unfolded made me angry as it was based on a very silly dumb idea.
Although i must say that its quite funny like always. Tanner's usual narration and witty insights are worth reading.
Still I would say you can skip it if you want. Rest of the tanner series is awesome.
First of all the title itself is kind of vague, it doesn't make much sense regarding the story. The entire plot is silly, without any hint of plausibility . The way plot unfolded made me angry as it was based on a very silly dumb idea.
Although i must say that its quite funny like always. Tanner's usual narration and witty insights are worth reading.
Still I would say you can skip it if you want. Rest of the tanner series is awesome.
January 26, 2014
Book five in the Evan Tanner series wasn't as strong as the others. If Goodread's would let me, I'd give it a 3.75 rating.
Once again, Evan Tanner's particular gift of improvising his haphazard way through the labyrinth of a problem is put to full use as he juggles another illegal border crossing of the sixties (this time in Canada), kidnappings, various fringe political groups with insane plots to further their hopeless causes, being chased by the authorities, and the inevitable lighthearted romantic encounter with an entirely unsuitable woman driven by strong sexual desires. All formulaic Evan Tanner. Even the quick dialogue is back after the oriental break in book four, which added to the fun.
There were, however, two things missing for me in the story that kept it from being a solid five star fluffy read.
The first had to do with Tanner's hallucinogenic thoughts, which I temporarily blamed on the heroin. Could some of it somehow have gotten into his bloodstream when he transferred it to the smaller bags taped into his jacket? Or was there another factor yet to be revealed? I read on happily convinced that when the reason behind their runaway chaos finally came to light, it would be irreverently fun. Sigh of disappointment. The explanation never came.
It was the ending that created the second void and left me feeling vaguely dissatisfied with the story. Too much was glossed over in a recap explanation that kept me as a reader at arm's length. I never got the satisfaction of seeing Tanner coming out of the adventure with credits to his name or, at the very least, witness the confusion on the part of the U.S. officials. Instead, the story kind of petered out with him living a bit in .... (Okay, I'll stop here so I don't ruin it for anyone reading this review).
All in all, though, it was still a good story along the lines of Evan Tanner's other adventures and I'm eager to read the next installment in the series.
Once again, Evan Tanner's particular gift of improvising his haphazard way through the labyrinth of a problem is put to full use as he juggles another illegal border crossing of the sixties (this time in Canada), kidnappings, various fringe political groups with insane plots to further their hopeless causes, being chased by the authorities, and the inevitable lighthearted romantic encounter with an entirely unsuitable woman driven by strong sexual desires. All formulaic Evan Tanner. Even the quick dialogue is back after the oriental break in book four, which added to the fun.
There were, however, two things missing for me in the story that kept it from being a solid five star fluffy read.
The first had to do with Tanner's hallucinogenic thoughts, which I temporarily blamed on the heroin. Could some of it somehow have gotten into his bloodstream when he transferred it to the smaller bags taped into his jacket? Or was there another factor yet to be revealed? I read on happily convinced that when the reason behind their runaway chaos finally came to light, it would be irreverently fun. Sigh of disappointment. The explanation never came.
It was the ending that created the second void and left me feeling vaguely dissatisfied with the story. Too much was glossed over in a recap explanation that kept me as a reader at arm's length. I never got the satisfaction of seeing Tanner coming out of the adventure with credits to his name or, at the very least, witness the confusion on the part of the U.S. officials. Instead, the story kind of petered out with him living a bit in .... (Okay, I'll stop here so I don't ruin it for anyone reading this review).
All in all, though, it was still a good story along the lines of Evan Tanner's other adventures and I'm eager to read the next installment in the series.
May 3, 2013
#5 in the Evan Tanner series. This 1968 entry continues the saga of Evan Tanner who has been unable to sleep since incurring a brain injury during the Korean War. Circumstances conspire to send him to the Montreal World's Fair with his ward Minna but while visiting the Cuban exhibit, to scratch an itch his mysterious supervisor has, Minna disappears. The implausibility of the plot is beside the point, all of Tanner is implausible. But, this entry has a jerky flow to it and doesn't present as smooth a narrative as Tanner's prior adventures.
Spy Evan Tanner series - The Cold War's boiling over. Global tensions are near the breaking point. So what's the perfect assignment for a super-spy who hasn't slept since the Korean conflict? A fun-filled trip to the Montreal World's Fair!
The adorable little girl he's escorting—who, under different circumstances, would be sitting on the Lithuanian throne—can hardly contain her excitement, but it isn't all playtime for Evan Tanner. Some mysterious disappearances, apparently linked to the fair's Cuban exhibition, need to be looked into.
Keeping his mind on business, however, won't be easy after an insatiable lovely in a tiger skin falls into Tanner's arms, and a mother lode of dangerous drugs falls into his lap. But the biggest, deadliest suprise is the terrorist plot Tanner's tumbling into, and he'll have to think and act quickly to prevent the visiting queen of England from being blown to smithereens.
Spy Evan Tanner series - The Cold War's boiling over. Global tensions are near the breaking point. So what's the perfect assignment for a super-spy who hasn't slept since the Korean conflict? A fun-filled trip to the Montreal World's Fair!
The adorable little girl he's escorting—who, under different circumstances, would be sitting on the Lithuanian throne—can hardly contain her excitement, but it isn't all playtime for Evan Tanner. Some mysterious disappearances, apparently linked to the fair's Cuban exhibition, need to be looked into.
Keeping his mind on business, however, won't be easy after an insatiable lovely in a tiger skin falls into Tanner's arms, and a mother lode of dangerous drugs falls into his lap. But the biggest, deadliest suprise is the terrorist plot Tanner's tumbling into, and he'll have to think and act quickly to prevent the visiting queen of England from being blown to smithereens.
December 27, 2016
This is a very well written book and very interesting, too. Mostly due to the narrative around the story. The story itself doesn't make a lot of sense.
The believably factor that a "spy" takes a phone call and dashes off with no indication of support financially or otherwise into what could be a dangerous situation makes this book hard to accept. Block does little to support the notion that Tanner is a spy to begin with. Even throughout the book there is little that gives background as to the spy premise. There's also the whole issue of Tanner having a little girl who he's torn about keeping. How'd he get her without some formal process? There's a weird angle of Tanner supposedly on a mission to fight people that he consistently claims support for. I never got the feeling the bad guys were as bad as the one Tanner sympathies with.
Clearly Block has socialist to communist viewpoints toward government, which might explain why the story is so flimsy as to just what on earth Tanner is working toward or for.
Outside of the core story are wonderfully written asides and other pieces that I found only made the book worthwhile.
Characters are standard to weak. Settings, important throughout the story are also weakly written.
Bottom line: I don't recommend this book. 4 out of 10 points.
The believably factor that a "spy" takes a phone call and dashes off with no indication of support financially or otherwise into what could be a dangerous situation makes this book hard to accept. Block does little to support the notion that Tanner is a spy to begin with. Even throughout the book there is little that gives background as to the spy premise. There's also the whole issue of Tanner having a little girl who he's torn about keeping. How'd he get her without some formal process? There's a weird angle of Tanner supposedly on a mission to fight people that he consistently claims support for. I never got the feeling the bad guys were as bad as the one Tanner sympathies with.
Clearly Block has socialist to communist viewpoints toward government, which might explain why the story is so flimsy as to just what on earth Tanner is working toward or for.
Outside of the core story are wonderfully written asides and other pieces that I found only made the book worthwhile.
Characters are standard to weak. Settings, important throughout the story are also weakly written.
Bottom line: I don't recommend this book. 4 out of 10 points.
November 4, 2011
Another Block creation, called Evan Tanner, whose sleep function has been destroyed by a head injury he picked up in the Korean war.[return][return]Another short book showcasing Block's sparkling, silly, witty banter between characters that just "pings" off the page, as Tanner gets sent to Canada (by someone in the CIA neither of them are entirely sure that Tanner works for him) to stop the kidnapping of the Queen of England on a state visit.[return][return]In the next 190 or so pages, you meet Canadian/Quebequois nationalists of various degrees of psychotic mania and delusion, drug takers and sellers, Cuban kidnappers, Canadian police, the young female heiress to the Lithuanian throne, a drunk helicopter pilot......and all this leads way beyond the planning of an attempt on the Queen's life. Somehow Tanner plans on getting out of this alive, and hopefully with the girl too......
February 14, 2009
Block's Tanner series is probably an acquired taste. I classify them as quirky-humorous-espionage. Tanner is an ex-CIA agent who can't sleep - literally. He occupies his time by learning languages and communicating with every little off-the-wall subversive group and independence movement in the world. These often play a role in his adventures. In this one a friend disappears and he discovers that people are being kidnapped in the Cuban exposition building during the World Expo. (I said they are a little bizarre, didn't I?). In the meantime he mixes in with drug dealers, the Quebec separatist movement and others. What makes them fun (the story is rather pedestrian) are the numerous delicious puns Block sprinkles throughout. I enjoy them. Great listening while mowing or snowplowing.
April 1, 2012
This book might as well be a message in a bottle or a sealed time capsule of some kind; the mental universe that Tanner inhabits is so foreign to me. The treatment of women is dismissive and cavalier, although the protagonist clearly adores Minna and is raising her to be self-reliant and smart. I am trying very hard to be generous about the use of African-Americans as plot points, but it is really hard. The plot, such as it is, does not have nearly enough mixed-up-ness or use of Tanner's lunatic doomed causes/comrades -- the best scenes in the other Tanner books are when he has to shift from cause to cause within nanoseconds. And there's very little attention paid to his sleeplessness, which was always a fascinating device, and I am surprised by how much I miss it.
September 13, 2009
Lawrence Block is not the Grand Master of Mystery Writers of America, nor a four time winner of the Edgar and Shamus awards for nothing! He writes a good fast paced mystery with plenty of danger, mayhem, sex, and even some humor. They are fun to read and a welcome break after reading something 'heavy and time consuming'. There's always rumors of his 'retiring' soon, so for those of you who have read most of his writings, this will be a sad day when and if it comes to pass, and if you collect signed copies, now may be the time to do so.
April 15, 2012
Как для иронического детектива на мой вкус маловато иронии да и сама история рассказана сухо. Местами сюжет выглядит и вовсе совершенно не серьезно, в плохом понимании этого. Но есть множество интересных моментов, которые заставляют улыбнуться и все-таки продолжать чтение. Посему это конечно не шедевр, но провести пару часов за этой книгой вполне можно.
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September 5, 2012Longest six and a half hours ever. A perfect example of how a poor narrator can kill a perfectly good book. The odds of me picking up another Evan Tanner book are very slim. A perfectly good cold war novel shot to hell. Pitty
October 20, 2013
Tanner takes Minna to the Expo in Montreal but first gets turned back because he's blackballed as a subversive. They then sneak into Canada to spy on the Cuban's for "the chief" and Minna gets lost or kidnapped.
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September 28, 2009AKA: Sheldon Lord, Jill Emerson, Paul Kavanaugh, Chip Harrison, Lawrence Block
February 26, 2019
Block never lets you down
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March 2, 2013Recommended by Weichen in Taiwan.
April 2, 2014
Block is too much. Too much cussing & graphic sex disguising an, otherwise, good mystery - this one's no different. Hopefully I'll spare myself in the future. Audiobook well narrated.
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April 7, 2014A hit man who has a therapits and who ends up as hero/protagonist? You got it!
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