- Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Pocket Books (April 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671019929
- ISBN-13: 978-0671019921
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,619,520 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Mountaineer Jack Furness comes across a fossilized fragment of skull in Nepal which defies classification. With Stella, he sets off to discover other skeletons, or even living examples of the fabled yeti. What they discover has chilling consequences for Jack and Stella.
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The ice ridge, its delicate formations cut deep into the face of Machhapuchhare like dozens of giant bridal veils from a celestial wedding ceremony, soared above his throbbing head in the dazzling, late afternoon sunshine. Read the first page
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Once again, Philip Kerr takes you into a new world simply by turning the pages of a book. This time into the moutains of the Himalayas. This book is well written and a great "Can't put it down till the end of the chapter." He has once again made me feel that he is an expert on the subject matter utilised. This time in the guise of Jack Furness.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I quite enjoyed this novel because I like novels set up mountains. A group of scientists go yeti chasing in the Himalayas - one of them is a baddy... but which one? It's rather ponderous and uninspired, and the thriller elements are perfunctory. The characterisation is two dimensional and cliched - the hero is the best mountaineer in the world; the heroine is a beautiful scientist who can play the grand pianoforte. Still, I still read it through to the end...
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Not as good as Kerr's best
6 Jun 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Philip Kerr is a writer of undeniable skill, but in Esau, his novel combining an expedition in search of the Abominable Snowman with an espionage/thriller subplot, he stretches credulity to the limit and leaves the reader longing for a more coherent story and more believable characters. The hero, for example, in order to satisfy his curiosity about a change in funding recommended by the National Geographic Society for his proposed expedition, breaks into the headquarters building in downtown Washington, DC so that he can rummage through the office of one of the decision makers. Does Kerr really expect that readers will think that risking a felony B&E charge to satify one's curiosity is normal - or even OK? There's a lot of over the top stuff like this in the book, and it makes it hard to relate to.
There is no question that Kerr is a writer of great talent in some ways. His prose is beautiful to the ear and he pulls off occasional passages as insightful and resonant as anything being written today. But Esau, taken as a whole, seems like a great idea gone awry.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Every rule has an exception, and this book is it.
12 Jun 2000
Format:Hardcover
"Never judge a book by its cover" (Except this one)
The first book I read by Mr. Kerr was "The Shot". I enjoyed the book and was impressed by the skill with which he was able to spin a new tale about a subject that has been beaten to death, revived, and beaten again, for almost 40 years. Had `ESAU" been the first of his works I had read, it most probably would have been the last.
The cover of the hardback does not give away the subject, the paperback is different artwork, and it is pretty blatant in exposing the story. If you are someone who is interested in the "Yeti, Abominable Snowman, Sasquatch, ESAU" you will enjoy the book. As he has done with the subject of "The Shot" he creates a new situation and adds great detail. I cannot stomach the subject so I never would have finished the book but for Mr. Kerr's writing.
I enjoy well-researched reading. Mr. Kerr does his homework and that was what kept me reading. Every time I was going to give up, some detail appeared and it was enough to keep me going. The ending can be anticipated a bit past the halfway mark, but again his style kept me reading.
Mr. Kerr writes some great dialogue. In this work I particularly enjoyed a lecture by a college professor, both for the way he wrote it and the information it contained. On the other end of the character spectrum he had a few CIA types that were awful, not one line of their story/subplot was needed, and the behavior by one at the close of the book was completely out of place, gratuitous, the real low water mark in the book.
So, I have read 2 of his books and it was 1 great read and then this very marginal work. So off I went and read "A Five Year Plan". Best of 3 would decide whether I bought anymore of this Author's work.
I read it and the review should be just behind this one.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Excellent genre fiction
4 Aug 1999
Format:Mass Market Paperback
It may be junk-science, but Philip Kerr can do one thing that most of his thriller brethren cannot; write lucid prose. Essentially, this book races through a plot with no obvious filler or hokey phrasings that are common to most generic thrillers. It's a well-constructed story, the action coming directly from the needs of the plot, and the characters behaving appropriately, if dramatically.
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