Synopses & Reviews
Hot Night in the City is a masterwork from Trevanian, whose unique ability to create a new "voice" for each genre he visits has produced the international bestsellers The Main, The Eiger Sanction, and Shibumi, which have earned him hundreds of thousands of ardent fans worldwide.
Hot Night in the City offers a feast for every taste: action, romance, laughter, love, wit, compassion...and above all, sheer entertainment. Meet a parade of unforgettable characters in compelling situations: a bewitching young madman charms his trusting victim; two women engage in a battle of wits; a crusty old carnival huckster instructs his adolescent apprentice; an ancient Native American strives to unite his people; a famous writer learns an unpalatable truth about himself; a boy struggles to rid himself of a stifling love: a young couple find one another through a hilarious pattern of coincidences, and more. Carrying the reader from the streets of big-city America to Paris, the Holy Lands, mythic Britain, the Basque country, modern London, and the primitive North American heartland, Hot Night in the City is nothing less than a tour de force.
Review
"Entertaining...impressive."--
New York Daily News"Excellent."--The Hartford Courant
"Trevanian is one hell of a pleasure to read."--The Washington Post
Synopsis
Hot Night in the City is a masterwork from Trevanian, whose unique ability to create a new stylistic "voice" for each genre he visits has produced the international best sellers:
The Main, The Summer of Katya, and
Shibumi, and his hundreds of thousands of ardent fans.
Hot Night in the City offers a feast for every taste: action, romance, laughter, love, wit, compassion...all seasoned by a wryly oblique view of the human condition. The reader meets a parade of unforgettable characters in compelling situations: a bewitching young madman charms his trusting victim, two strong Basque women battle over an apple tree, a crusty old carnival huckster instructs his adolescent apprentice, an embittered young soldier rescues the dignity of a faded whore, a famous writer learns an unpalatable truth about himself, and more. The feast of Hot Night in the City is both delicious and nourishing, both spicy and satisfying.
About the Author
Trevanian is the best-selling author of Th
e Main, The Eiger Sanction, The Summer of Katya, and
Shibumi. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages.