Tyger!

by Richard Hoyt

Book Overview

In the forests of the world, the mighty tiger is disappearing. A symbol of virility and power, its bones are a principal ingredient in traditional homeopathic medicines-and worth hundreds of dollars... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812550714
• ISBN13: 9780812550719
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Here Kitty-Kitty!

I'm giving this one a 4. Why? Well, um, let's see, maybe it gets bogged down in environmental repetition. Mr. Hoyt spends reams of time reminding us just how perilous is the tiger's position in today's Captalistic nightmare, and this is just not necessary. Sometimes the dialogue slows to a mewling crawl as each new character is apprised of the plot, and we are at a loss to sympathize with the pretty young thangs that become objet d' art for Mr. Tyger-Tyger because Mr. Hoyt forgets to actually explore the scene from the victim's perspective. Don't get me wrong, I like this story, but blast it all, it seemed to be on Geritol, often.And the first critique on this book was jabbering on about sexism and racism, and whined incessantly about all the pretty girls populating Mr. Hoyt's book. Well, sorry, honey, but men DO like young, skinny females, it has something to do with sex drive and genetic desire to procreate with healthy young females. And I'm fairly certain that all writers, male and female, excluding Stephen King's choice of authoring tales about boring, unattractive folks, choose to have pretty people in their books. I think Kurt Vonegut once suggested that someone should explore this penchant for beauty.Read this book because big cats AND pretty girls are so cool.

Don't pass this book by.

What's happening to the Tygers of the world. This novel takes the reader from North America through Asia and across Europe. It's witty, with some dark humor to lighten it up. It's a excellent example of this Genre.Richard Hoyt scores again with this one.