From the highly acclaimed author of The Gone-Away World and Angelmaker comes Nick Harkaway's brilliant new novel about ex-colonies, superheroes and paternal love.
Nick Harkaway is the author of The Gone-Away World and Angelmaker, and of an even better and more exciting novel whose name will probably end up being Tigerman, or possibly Man, Island, Boy. Contrary to what you may have heard, the title really is the hard part. When he's not writing, he spends his time being the husband of a brilliant lawyer and the dad of two small children who are secretly bent on world domination. He likes Italian red wine and lives in a bit of London where the taxis still have a horse at the pointy end.
Astonishing … Graham Greene would have treasured this book … Nick
Harkaway has all the writerly skills to pull it off. His Tigerman
lives because of his wit and daring intelligence, and his empathy.
Words quiver whenever he writes.
*Scotsman*
Nick Harkaway’s novels inhabit a remarkably imaginative territory.
He is J.G. Ballard’s geeky younger brother, pumped up on steam-punk
and pop culture, interested in the effects of modern life on our
psyches; he is J.G. Farrell’s grandson, poking at the ruins of
civilization and seeing what comes out …Harkaway writes with a
precision that belies the fantastical nature of his plots …Nick
Harkaway manipulates and subverts conventions and archetypes. He
has created something with all the hallmarks of the craftsmanship
that he extols, making Tigerman a sly commentary on authorship and
genre; and perhaps more importantly, a fantasia both swashbuckling
and glorious.
*Times Literary Supplement*
Nick Harkaway's best novel yet, full of irrepressible adventure,
practical vigilantism, an island murder mystery and some
terrifyingly credible ideas including the seismic mash-up of
chemical waste and unknown bacteria and the chilling no-man's land
of the international of waters of the Fleet where anything goes.
It's busting with heart and verve. I loved it utterly.
*Lauren Beukes*
Harkaway occupies that enviable territory where books of a
speculative nature intersect with the mainstream, as evidenced by
his previous novels The Gone-Away World and Angelmaker. Tigerman,
his third, is his best yet, a funny, moving and thought-provoking
tale … it’s brilliant.
*Independent on Sunday*
Extraordinary…The action sequences in Tigerman are some of
Harkaway’s best. As ever, the writing is economical but lively,
revelling in modern idiom…[Has] the cinematic scope and dynamism
one has come to expect from Harkaway…The ending of Tigerman is
pitch-perfect, thrilling and dramatic.
*Literary Review*
Tigerman is equal parts eco-fable, comic-book caper, thriller and
buddy novel. Gripping stuff.
*Financial Times*
This mission will move you as powerfully as it will enthral
you.
*Daily Express, 5 star reivew*
Harkaway has crafted an engaging story that examines the nature of
heroes and the tropes of old-school pulp fiction, mixing sharp
characterisation with an energetic portrait of a society heading
for apocalypse … Often hilarious but with an undercurrent of dark
violence, this is an impressive novel that conceals provocative
questions inside an old-school tale of ripping adventure.
*SFX magazine*
original, rewarding … unexpectedly tender
*Daily Mail*
An effortless surety of touch
*Metro*
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