- Paperback: 280 pages
- Publisher: Night Shade Books (15 May 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1597800783
- ISBN-13: 978-1597800785
- Product Dimensions: 22.7 x 16.8 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,552,507 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This is an unusual blend of crime noir, Chinese mythology, and cutting edge medical technology which combine to form an absorbing thriller with a unique twist in the tale." (YORKSHIRE EVENING POST )
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"'Is the book SF or fantasy? Who cares. It's good!"
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this on a whim to read on the bus in the morning, and discovered that I couldn't just leave off when my stop was next -- I had to keep reading once I got home and finished it within two days. This is the first of Jon Courtenay Grimwood's books I've read, so I had no idea what to expect. You're kept guessing until the end, and while there's a definite feeling of nearly having the full picture, he successfully keeps you in the dark until it's time to wrap it up and go home. Gritty and cynical without leaving you feeling like you need to wash your brain out, 9Tail Fox is a refreshing distraction for anyone who loves a good mystery, and one which will leave your head spinning hours after you're done and wishing it hadn't had to end.
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Bobby Zha was a streetwise San Fransisco cop. Not a stellar one, but he had a few redeeming qualities. Then someone killed him and set him up to look like a crooked cop, indeed, and it seems no-one's following up on the case. And he wants to know why. Why he was killed, why he's still alive but wearing the face of another man, and why the nine-tailed celestial fox keeps appearing to him. In a world set slightly in the future where coincidence is an illusion, the supernatural hovers on the periphery of one's gaze and everyone carries secrets, Bobby has to piece together the shattered mirror of his own life and his last few days as Bobby Zha before his second chance runs out of time.
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Bobby Zha was a streetwise San Fransisco cop. Not a stellar one, but he had a few redeeming qualities. Then someone killed him and set him up to look like a crooked cop, indeed, and it seems no-one's following up on the case. And he wants to know why. Why he was killed, why he's still alive but wearing the face of another man, and why the nine-tailed celestial fox keeps appearing to him. In a world set slightly in the future where coincidence is an illusion, the supernatural hovers on the periphery of one's gaze and everyone carries secrets, Bobby has to piece together the shattered mirror of his own life and his last few days as Bobby Zha before his second chance runs out of time.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
9Tail Fox is rated in the blurb on the back as noir crime, SF and Oriental legend. It is mainly noir crime, with the SF and legend playing important parts but not being the focus of the story. It is a good read, but you have to hang on to several threads while you are reading it or they will come back and bite you, causing you to flick back to see what he is talking about. Although that will not apply if you have time to read it quickly.
I'm not going to offer a story outline, as that's been done by the other reviewers quite well, but I will say that I liked the good characters and hated the bad ones, so to me they were well drawn and convincing. Bobby Zha is the sort of character I like, someone who doesn't dramatise what he does. If something needs doing, he does it. I like that.
A good read, recommended.
I'm not going to offer a story outline, as that's been done by the other reviewers quite well, but I will say that I liked the good characters and hated the bad ones, so to me they were well drawn and convincing. Bobby Zha is the sort of character I like, someone who doesn't dramatise what he does. If something needs doing, he does it. I like that.
A good read, recommended.
Format:Paperback
The first book I ever read by this author, I picked it up on a recomendation and recieved a smack-in-the-face surprise of exceptional quality. The story and characters had me from a very early stage and as previous reviews have stated, you'll want to keep on reading this once you start, find somewhere cosy to sit and try it.
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What to do when you are murdered...
9Tail Fox, put simply, is a supernatural crime drama. Though it deals with an aspect of fantasy/science fiction that has been touched upon before by various other mediums, the... Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2007 by D. M. York
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Quite simply, Jon Courtenay Grimwood is the slickest writers to emerge in recent years. 9tail Fox serves only to demonstrate his continued growth as an author of gripping, exotic... Read more
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