The Eiger Sanction (Audiobook)

from grandpahobo

Excellent suspense. The author makes the main character someone you can despise, fear and feel sorry for all at the same time.

from encephalical

Textbook male fantasy.

from DaveWilde

Trevanian (aka Rodney Whitaker) wrote the Eiger Sanction, which became a million-volume seller in the 1970's and was followed by a major motion picture, as a spoof on the super-spy action genre which was very popular in the late 60's/early 70's. Although Eiger Sanction has many things in common w...

from BookWallah

Saw movie in the 1970s and was irritated by inaccuracies of climbing scenes. Read to see if I disliked it as much as the movie, and I did. Both do a serous disservice to understanding mountaineering. Best thing I can say is it felt like an American spoof on very British James Bond form. Not recom...

from jburlinson

Nasty, brutish and long.