{"product_id":"tigerman-paperback","title":"Tigerman - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick Harkaway\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gone-Away World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAngelmaker\u003c\/i\u003e--a novel at once heartfelt and thrilling about parenthood, friendship and secret identities, about heroes of both the super and the everyday kind. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An irresistible delight, something like \u003ci\u003eMajor Pettigrew's Last Stand\u003c\/i\u003e as played by James Bond.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSergeant Lester Ferris is a good man in need of a rest. After a long career of being shot at, he's about to retire. The mildly larcenous, backwater island of Mancreu, a former British colony in legal limbo, belching toxic clouds of waste and facing imminent destruction by an international community afraid for their own safety, is the ideal place to serve out his time. There is an illicit Black Fleet lurking in the bay: spy stations, arms dealers, offshore hospitals, drug factories and torture centers. Lester's brief, however, is to sit tight and turn a blind eye, so he drinks tea and befriends a brilliant, Internet-addled street kid with a comic-book fixation. When Mancreu's fragile society erupts in violence, Lester must be more than just an observer: he has no choice but to rediscover the man of action he once was, and find out what kind of hero the island--and the boy--will need.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNICK HARKAWAY is the author of five novels, \u003ci\u003eTitanium Noir, The Gone-Away World, Angelmaker, Tigerman, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGnomon, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as a nonfiction work about digital culture, \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Giant: Being Human in a Digital World. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also a regular blogger for The Bookseller's FutureBook website. He lives in London with his wife, a human rights lawyer, and their two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42741981347975,"sku":"9780804170666","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/91fabb404d1e32c9b710e0d380233b07.webp?v=1748857234","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/tigerman-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}