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The Eiger sanction
Trevanian
1972 · Thriller
How it reads
The Eiger sanction is thriller (action adventure thriller, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.
It's set in the wilderness or at sea, in the recent past, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are redemption, art and creativity and survival. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.
It opens a series. The ending resolves happily. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something adventurous
- you want a book that pulls you through
- you want an escape
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or melancholy
- you want dense, lingering prose
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- thriller
- Author gender
- male
- Author experience
- established
- Setting: place
- wilderness or sea
- Setting: time
- recent past
- Mood / feeling
- adventurous
- Pace
- fast paced
- Tone / weight
- light and escapist
- Length
- medium
- Narrative style
- third person, one viewpoint
- Publication era
- modern classic
- Popularity
- moderately known
- Series vs standalone
- first in a series
- Themes
- redemption, art and creativity, survival
- Ending style
- resolved and happy
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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