- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz (20 Oct 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0575076151
- ISBN-13: 978-0575076150
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 837,121 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"An escapist romp on the wild side with literary ambitions that it goes a long way towards fulfilling. Imagine a script for the Outer Limits rewritten for the wide screen and you're not far off the mark. Compelling entertainment." (Peter Millar THE TIMES )
"Literary, cleverly constructed, fast-moving and, maybe most importantly, a novel with real soul and warmth beneath its hipper-than-thou sheen. Even by his standards this is audacious - and brilliantly realised." (SFX )
"A bizzarre, but appealing, mix of detective novel, gothic SF and Chinese mythology. Compellingly written and full of twists and turns." (Dave Golder BBC Focus )
"Grimwood is an experienced and skilfull hand when it comes to making the impossible seem plausible, and above all he is a fine storyteller who makes you want to keep turning the pages of this original and entertaining novel." (Susanna Yager SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )
"San Francisco cop Bobby Zha has a big problem - he's dead. Reincarnated in another man's body, Bobby sets out to solve his own murder; and like TV's Lost, the more we learn about his previous life, the more intriguing and gripping it gets. Part sexy love story, part hard-edged crime thriller, this is a brilliant and original page-turner." (Cosmopoiltan )
"Teases us constantly about what genre it belongs to. Grimwood is always ingenious and here he moves into the entertainingly wilfull." (Roz Kaveney TIME OUT )
"Jon Courtenay Grimwood has a knack of pulling readers into his worlds. You should all go add it to your bookshelves." 5/5 (Heather Worthy Starburst )
"Fusing modern crime noir, with science fiction and a soupcon of Chinese mythology, Jon Courtenay Grimwood drags us headlong into the seedy world of Bobby Zha. There is much to enjoy here, in particular Grimwood's descriptive prose. Grimwood invests his hero with enough emotional layers to take on a life of his own." (Christopher Prince DREAMWATCH )
"This futuristic thriller is a great read." (CRIME CONFIDENTIAL )
"'Is the book SF or fantasy? Who cares. It's good!" (Charles Brown LOCUS )
"'Whether they shelve this with mysteries, with horror, with his other SF novels or with the literary likes of David Mitchell, comb the shelves and seek it out." (Rick Kleffel TRASHOTRON )
"There are no pulled punches in 9tail Fox. Grimwood has all the grittiness and local color of Richard Paul Russo's excellent Carlucci series, but with the SF content toned down enough to sell to a much wider market. This book might just break him as big as Richard Morgan, movie deal included." (Cheryl Morgan EMERALD CITY )
"It's a mark of the flexibility of the term sci-fi that it can be used to encompass the work of Jon Courtenay Grimwood.Neither science or even technology are foundational to his writing. Instead, it's the gritty underworld of cop noir mixed with conspiracy theories concerning spooks whose existence is never officially confirmed which make his bedfellows: well, it's the case with 9Tail Fox, A San Franciso-set ressurection-whydunnit with some eastern mysticism thrown in for good measure." (EDGE )
"Among Grimwood's novels Fox is surely the one that most loudly demands to be filmed. Fox is a tremendous read, which seemed to pass in no time at all. Grimwood just keeps working his way up my list of favourite authors." (John Toon INFINITY PLUS )
'Grimwood's is a distinct imagination, and his muscular, lucid and polished prose brings it beautifully to the page.' (Daily Telegraph )
"Literary, cleverly constructed, fast-moving and, maybe most importantly, a novel with real soul and warmth beneath its hipper-than-thou sheen. Even by his standards this is audacious - and brilliantly realised." (SFX )
"A bizzarre, but appealing, mix of detective novel, gothic SF and Chinese mythology. Compellingly written and full of twists and turns." (Dave Golder BBC Focus )
"Grimwood is an experienced and skilfull hand when it comes to making the impossible seem plausible, and above all he is a fine storyteller who makes you want to keep turning the pages of this original and entertaining novel." (Susanna Yager SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )
"San Francisco cop Bobby Zha has a big problem - he's dead. Reincarnated in another man's body, Bobby sets out to solve his own murder; and like TV's Lost, the more we learn about his previous life, the more intriguing and gripping it gets. Part sexy love story, part hard-edged crime thriller, this is a brilliant and original page-turner." (Cosmopoiltan )
"Teases us constantly about what genre it belongs to. Grimwood is always ingenious and here he moves into the entertainingly wilfull." (Roz Kaveney TIME OUT )
"Jon Courtenay Grimwood has a knack of pulling readers into his worlds. You should all go add it to your bookshelves." 5/5 (Heather Worthy Starburst )
"Fusing modern crime noir, with science fiction and a soupcon of Chinese mythology, Jon Courtenay Grimwood drags us headlong into the seedy world of Bobby Zha. There is much to enjoy here, in particular Grimwood's descriptive prose. Grimwood invests his hero with enough emotional layers to take on a life of his own." (Christopher Prince DREAMWATCH )
"This futuristic thriller is a great read." (CRIME CONFIDENTIAL )
"'Is the book SF or fantasy? Who cares. It's good!" (Charles Brown LOCUS )
"'Whether they shelve this with mysteries, with horror, with his other SF novels or with the literary likes of David Mitchell, comb the shelves and seek it out." (Rick Kleffel TRASHOTRON )
"There are no pulled punches in 9tail Fox. Grimwood has all the grittiness and local color of Richard Paul Russo's excellent Carlucci series, but with the SF content toned down enough to sell to a much wider market. This book might just break him as big as Richard Morgan, movie deal included." (Cheryl Morgan EMERALD CITY )
"It's a mark of the flexibility of the term sci-fi that it can be used to encompass the work of Jon Courtenay Grimwood.Neither science or even technology are foundational to his writing. Instead, it's the gritty underworld of cop noir mixed with conspiracy theories concerning spooks whose existence is never officially confirmed which make his bedfellows: well, it's the case with 9Tail Fox, A San Franciso-set ressurection-whydunnit with some eastern mysticism thrown in for good measure." (EDGE )
"Among Grimwood's novels Fox is surely the one that most loudly demands to be filmed. Fox is a tremendous read, which seemed to pass in no time at all. Grimwood just keeps working his way up my list of favourite authors." (John Toon INFINITY PLUS )
'Grimwood's is a distinct imagination, and his muscular, lucid and polished prose brings it beautifully to the page.' (Daily Telegraph )
Charles Brown, LOCUS
"'Is the book SF or fantasy? Who cares. It's good!"
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent, but be prepared to exercise your brain to keep up!,
By Elizabeth "Anjylle" (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 9Tail Fox (Gollancz S.F.) (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.
(A brief summary, as there's none currently entered) 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:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A good read,
By Demo "hairyharry1" (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 9Tail Fox (Gollancz S.F.) (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.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gritty gripping fun!,
By Colonel "Kelly" (Nam', UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 9Tail Fox (Gollancz S.F.) (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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