- Hardcover: 448 pages
- Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd; First Edition edition (28 Aug 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 071814502X
- ISBN-13: 978-0718145026
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (78 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 441,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Teeth of the Tiger answers, vigourously, the question of what a Tom Clancy thriller would look like in the post-9/11 era. A new generation of the Ryan family takes the field, operating with considerably more ruthlessness and fewer constraints against Islamic fundamentalist killers and the money men who fund them. Jack Ryan's nephews, a Marine and an FBI man, are the hit men and his son the controlling intelligence behind their choice of targets, as revenge is taken for a set of vicious assaults on American civilians. There is a lot of background knowledge at work here--Clancy knows his stuff when it comes to people-smuggling and financial transfers--and a certain understanding of what makes both kinds of killer tick. Both religion and the idea of America are things for which men are prepared to kill and die--Clancy is at times scarily certain politics give him insight into the modern world. You read him for the occasional flurries of exciting action, but he also has something interesting to tell us about the frame of mind of his more devoted fans. --Roz Kaveney
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The old rules no longer apply - anybody with a spare AK47 or a knowledge of kitchen chemistry can become a player. In a nondescript office building in suburban Maryland, "The Campus", set up with the knowledge of President Jack Patrick Ryan identifies and locates terrorist threats - then deals with them, in whatever manner necessary. It's an organisation always on the lookout for new recruits - men like Jack Ryan Jr., the President's son.
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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Unfortunately Teeth of the Tiger can only be described as another downward step on the alarmingly declining career of Tom Clancy. Much shorter than most of his earlier work, this novel still takes an age to really get going and much of the book seems to be used as little more than a platform for the author’s own political (very right wing) agenda.
The story is based on the highly improbable premise that America’s secret new spy agency will employ, purely by coincidence, Jack Ryan’s son and two of his cousins. Little effort is made in the development of these characters and some of the dialogue between them is excruciatingly, painfully, embarrassingly bad with…
“You packin?”
“Bet your bippy bro. You?”
“Hang a big roger on that.”
…typical of the sort of rubbish perpetrated in this book.
The plot is one of Islamic terrorists attacking America and an unofficial new agency which executes them without reference to judge or jury. This is far from ambitious compared with Clancy’s earlier work and the entire novel comes across as being a very transparent attempt to articulate and justify his own, obviously extreme, ideas. The action scenes are neither original nor particularly exciting and the story frequently becomes lost in meaningless descriptions of car journeys and other unnecessary digressions.
As a former Clancy fan I take no pleasure in dismissing this book as dull, repetitive flag waving rubbish. Much the same can be said of Clancy’s last few books such as Red Rabbit, The Bear and the Dragon and Rainbow Six and it is amazing to think how far this author has declined from his peak with classics like Red Storm Rising and The Cardinal of the Kremlin.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I can't remmember the last time I was this dissapointed with a book. It's nothing more than a knee jerk reaction to 9/11 and I wouldnt be surprised if Clancy wrote the entire book on 9/12 while watching CNN. It's racist, offensive and contains nothing that makes his earlier books so enjoyable. The plot is EXACTLY the same as red rabbit! A Ryan being introduced to the intelligance community and then jaunting around Europe. But the line that most annoyed me is when of our 'hero`s' uses the line "what have we ever done to them?" when viewing the carnage at the mall. I'm not condoning terrorist actions but this clown seems to think that the US sends marines all over the world to feed the hungry and clothe the poor! I pray to God that rather than this being Clancy`s personal view that he is instead trying to tell us how ignorant Americans are; but I wouldn't bet on it. Petty, boring and anti everything non-american; avoid this as you would do the black death.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I used to devour Tom Clancy books avidly when they came out but gradually the standard slipped and then I started reading the reviews of his most recent books and I just stopped buying. Someone didn't notice this fact and I got given The Teeth Of The Tiger as a Christmas present. I finally got around to reading it and really, really wish that I hadn't bothered.
This is a truly dreadful book. It is thinner than many of Clancy's previous offerings (no bad thing in itself) but even then it is too long for the material it contains. Clancy seems to have come up with one basic idea and stretched it out over 400 pages - and then the book just ends leaving a feeling of "Is that it?". I am sure that there will be a sequel (maybe there already is but I couldn't be bothered to find out) and it will carry on the story, but in Clancy's early days the plot of The Teeth Of The Tiger would have fitted into the first 20% of one of his books and then the story would have taken off from there.
Of course a good book can have a slow plot development, but the writing has to be good to sustain it. And here it isn't. Outrageous coincidences, a ponderous and predictable plot and above all a set of stereotyped characters who spend ages (or at least it felt like it to this reader)worrying about their consciences only for the good old "let's kick ass" attitude to suface and sweep away all of the doubts. We also get treated to a quick culinary tour of major European cities (was the book an excuse for a tax deductable holiday in Europe I wonder?) but, as before, Clancy still hasn't managed to understand the rituals of the British pub, so even that jars.
But above everything is the fact that this book is deadly dull and boring. Rather than read it do something more exiting - like watching paint dry.
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Lazy writing from a previous great
Tom Clancy has really gone downhill with this book. A very thin plot line and some excruciating bits of dialogue between Jack Ryan Jr and his cousins. Read more
Published 4 months ago by TJ Birchall
Just awful-A literacy Low
The moment when a suspect is shot and its deemed okay indicated the fascist intentions of this book. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Bluepencilreview
Not worth the effort
Finally got round to reading this book and now wish I hadn't really bothered. Compared to his early work this is a real big step down in quality. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Manx Physicist
Whoops
Did Tom Clancy really write this!!?, repetitive sometimes treats you like a bit of a moron ,perhaps I am a moron ,can't say it was rubbish , but it's not his best
Published 9 months ago by Stef
The Teeth of the Tiger
The book arrived promptly and in very good condition as described by seller. It is a excellent read as you would expect from Tom Clancy.
Published 14 months ago by Desmond Robinson
excellent service
No problems with delivery and its in mint condition but sadly the book itself is run of the mill nonsense and doesnt sound like top class Clancy at all!
Published 16 months ago by Moff84
Solid Clancy effort...but only half a book
If you liked previous recent Tom Clancy novels, you'll like this one. If you don't like his more recent work, you probably wont.
This novel is a good story well told. Read more
This novel is a good story well told. Read more
Published 18 months ago by John Middleton
Good
I thought this book was good. It starts of with these two brothers who have done something brave and have earned a star in their job. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Thomas
What a bite!
I must admit, in the interests of full disclosure, that I have not in fact been able to read Tom Clancy's other novels with any kind of regularity. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2009 by Mrs Strutt
Unfettered Teeth
Action! Suspense! Real People! Horrifying, believable situations with potential for destroying the world! Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2009 by Patrick Shepherd
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