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    Tanner's Tiger

    By Lawrence Block

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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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061860423
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    Lawrence Block

    Lawrence Block is one of the most widely recognized names in the mystery genre. He has been named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and is a four-time winner of the prestigious Edgar and Shamus Awards, as well as a recipient of prizes in France, Germany, and Japan. He received the Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writers' Association—only the third American to be given this award. He is a prolific author, having written more than fifty books and numerous short stories, and is a devoted New Yorker and an enthusiastic global traveler.

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    • 5/5
      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.
    • 4/5
      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.