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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.
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Rodney Reynaldo
reviewed The Eiger Sanction (Jonathan Hemlock Series #1) on May 23, 2016
The Eiger Sanction (Jonathan Hemlock Series #1)
Devilishly hilarious. Imagine a Bond film narrated by Bill Maher.
Some reviewers have described Trevanian's 1972 novel as blending elements of adventure and satire, others have stated that this is an action adventure with some humor. I am going to the other end of the spectrum and say that this is delicious satire that also includes some good adventure writing. This is not the absurd spoof a fan of Austin Powers or Inspector Clouseau would be looking for - but not far off either.
Truth be known, the humor is for the most part in the writing - Trevanian's wit is unmistakable, although perhaps somehow this has been lost on some readers. His clever talent for names is Dickensian. We meet Jonathan Hemlock, Yurasis Dragon, Jemima Brown, Clement Pope and the cream of the crop - no doubt inspired by Bond girl Pussy Galore - Felicity Arce (pronounced Arse).
Further, Trevanian possesses a sharp, observant intelligence and his wry comments, dry humor, and laugh out loud sense of understated irony is extraordinary. His relentless and erudite monster truck verbal assault on government ineptitude, especially the CIA, was funny as hell.
I have not seen the 1975 Clint Eastwood film, but if the production leaves out the satire - then the audience has lost the better half of Trevanian's work.
Dr. Jonathan Hemlock, the protagonist, is an art professor and mountaineer; who has a side job as an assassin. He needs money for a rare painting and so takes a job as a counter - assassin and agrees to carry out "sanctions" (contract assassinations targeted specifically against killers of American agents). The task leads him to the Alps where Trevanian leads us on some unexpected twists and turns that are also quietly uproarious.
All joking aside, and there are many laugh out loud scenes; Trevanian's action writing is top shelf, especially the inspired mountain climbing sections that briefly made me forget the droll satire.
Fans of his 1979 novel Shibumi will also enjoy this earlier work.
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