JOHN VAILLANT’s acclaimed, award-winning non-fiction books, The Golden Spruce and The Tiger, were #1 national bestsellers. His debut novel, The Jaguar’s Children, was a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award. He has written for, among others, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and The Walrus. He lives in Vancouver.
“Magnificent.... Suspenseful.... The Tiger offers readers a
shiver-inducing portrait of a predator.”—San Francisco
Chronicle
“Mesmerizing ... a blistering good tale, stocked with fascinating
characters, none more compelling than the tiger itself ... the
adventure book of the year.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer
“A masterpiece.... What elevates The Tiger from adventure yarn to
nonfiction classic is Vaillant’s mastery of language.” —Outside
“A riveting story.” —The Washington Post
“Brilliant ... A tale of astonishing power and vigor ... Read this
fine, true book in the warmth, beside the flicker of the firelight.
Read it and be afraid. Be very afraid.” —Simon Winchester, The
Globe and Mail (Toronto)
“[A] riveting story ... Vaillant’s book teaches a lesson that
humankind desperately needs to remember: When you murder a tiger,
you not only kill a strong and beautiful beast, you extinguish a
passionate soul.”—Washington Post
“[An] epic story.... A travelogue about tiger poaching in Russia’s
far east opens up a new genre ... [the] conservation
thriller."—Nature
“If ever a nonfiction author has used the techniques of fiction any
better to recount a real-life narrative, it is difficult to imagine
who that author would be.... Think of Vaillant as a younger version
of John McPhee, but on steroids.” —The Seattle Times
“Riveting, often chilling.... A remarkable, thoroughly researched,
informative chronicle that will appeal to readers interested in the
conservation of wildlife.”—Providence Journal
“Nonfiction as riveting as any detective story.... Vaillant sets
the stage for an epic encounter that unfolds dramatically and
inexorably, climaxing in a stunning encounter.”—Christian Science
Monitor
“An extraordinary book, bringing vividly to life this rare and
terrifying creature and the men who are setting their lives at
stake every day in a barely civilized part of the world. This is a
real-life adventure story that is rarely encountered.”—The
Washington Times
“A remarkable and thoughtful account of a distant place where man
and animal meet with fatal consequences.”—Richmond Times
Dispatch
“Told with passion and deep knowledge of the history cultures, folk
tales, flora and fuana of this part of the world ... The Tiger has
the pace and precision of a spy thriller.”—Waterbury
Republican-American
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