- Paperback: 232 pages
- Publisher: Capricorn Publishing (24 Oct 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0977475700
- ISBN-13: 978-0977475704
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,323,865 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In a style of Fight Club meets Three Kings, Howard's novel will cause controversy. He writes of American infantrymen disaffected by the country they are supposed to be championing, ready to do anything for a shot at the good life. US Army infantry team steals a bizarre Mohammedan artifact, provoking the wrath of a centuries-old Moslem brotherhood. Recovering from profound wounds and revealing a disturbing relationship with his ex-fiance, Spec-4 Maynard Byrne is pursued from Afghanistan across the US, to an apocalyptic resolution in British Columbia. Mentally unraveling, he obsesses over the 9/11 hijackers and laments the universality of war.
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Ominous Recollections of Afghanistan,
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This review is from: Tiboli Taboo (Paperback)
Set against the contrasting backdrops of stark Afghanistan and the tranquil Seattle/Vancouver area, Howard provides vivid imagery from the liquid shadow of a Blackhawk helicopter morphing with the barren Afghani landscape, to the animal tracks surrounding the charred remains of an insurgent cooked by enemy fire. Maynard, the protagonist, in his angst over failure in relationships, career, etc., strikes back when confronted with an opportunity to enrich himself at the cost of the people he has been dispatched to liberate.Christopher Howard establishes himself in his introductory novel as one who sees into the darkest parts of his character's soul and who lays those thoughts out in the open. Maynard's hatred extends even to the families of the 9-11 bombers, and to those who would brazenly profit from such tragedy. Such thoughts are not for the faint of heart or for those easily offended. Neither are his ominous recollections of an estranged girlfriend, or a combat patrol that goes very wrong. A compelling read. Author's official website at christopherhoward.org.
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4.6 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews) 6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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story draws you in and doesn't let you go,
By CZed - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tiboli Taboo (Paperback)
I can see the Three Kings comparison, but for me this book brought to mind Indiana Jones -- if Indiana Jones weren't Hollywood shlock with the line firmly drawn between good and bad. In Howard's book, you can't tell who to hate and who to feel sympathy for. In other words, the characters are real human beings rather than pretty people meant to play on readers' emotions. The story grabs you, pulls you in, and gnaws away at your insides because the lead character - Maynard - speaks the truth, and the truth is a hideous accident you can't look away from.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Are we really alive?,
By Joshua Gramlich "Joshua Gramlich" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tiboli Taboo (Paperback)
I like to consider myself an active reader. Tiboli Taboo is the best book I have read in a long time. Particular comparisons shall extend to such novels as American Psycho, perhaps a touch of Blood Meridian...themes are drawn from The Sun Also Rises. Howard also draws from film media, blending touches of Fight Club with Office Space. The inevitable comparisons to Kelly's Heros (or Three Kings, the pale remake, if you must) will be noted. Shifts in time al la Quentin Tarentino are also prominent.
What Howard doesn't do is beat you over the head with his character's pyschoses. He delivers a facinating story without losing you along the way. Familiar themes are borrowed but not stolen. Our protaganist is not the pretty picture of Brad Pitt nor the jovial nihilist played by Peter Gibbons. We don't chase after the treasure like Eastwood, we flee for our lives with it. Witty dialog is not used to prop up our storyline. Specialist Maynard Byrne is a white collar American who is jarred out of his stupefying existence by the attacks on the World Trade Center. He evolves from a man trying to discover meaning in his existence prior to 11 September 2001 to a being detached from the chains of "reality". He doesn't learn to do as he pleases; he learns to do what he is meant to do. 5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Page turner, yet deep,
By M. Tsotchev - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tiboli Taboo (Paperback)
The times of the easy-going, clean-fun military books have passed and the new era of deep, dark, real and in-your-face war stories, like the one in this book, is now upon us. Somehow, the book reminded of me the recent movie "Jarhead", a book from the same genre which takes a deeper look at war, or, should I say, at people who are in the midst of it and trying to cope with it.
Stolen treasure, cat-and-mouse game around the world, cliff-hangers and page-turning action abound in this book. However, more interestingly, deep, dark thoughts and revelations, disturbing images and ideas are what really makes you read with interest and think about what you've just read. "Black" isn't always black and "white" isn't always white, to use a cliche - growing and learning more, you must re-asses and adjust your views and beliefs, just like the Maynard is forced to. I enjoyed the book thoroughly and I strongly recommend it. |
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