Fan-Tan

Book Description: Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # 1025F221617

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Book Description: Knopf, 2005. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. .; New. No remainder marks. ; 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.3 Inches; 256 pages; A wholly unexpected, hugely entertaining work from one of the greatest actors of our time: the story of an eccentric early-twentieth-century pirate, on the high seas from the Philippines to Shanghai?a larger-than-life character that Brando could have easily inhabited himself. Anatole ?Annie? Doultry is in his early fifties, with an imposing physical presence and a reputation to match. In 1927, he is serving six months in a hellish Hong Kong prison where, on a whim, he saves the life of a Chinese prisoner.The prisoner?s employer happens to be Madame Lai Choi San. Beautiful, ruthless, and shrewd, she is one of the most notorious gangsters in Asia. When Annie gets out of prison, Madame Lai thanks him with an offer of inconceivable wealth if he will join her in the biggest act of piracy the world has ever seen. Madame Lai is a seductive and powerful ally, but Annie is about to discover that she can be an even more powerful?and dangerous?enemy.With his longtime collaborator, screenwriter and director Donald Cammell, Brando worked on this story for years. He?s left us with a rollicking, swashbuckling, delectable romp of a novel?the last surprise from an ever-surprising legend. Bookseller Inventory # 23809

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Book Description: Book Condition: Brand New. Book Condition: Brand New * All orders are processed And shipped from Las Vegas Nevada USA *. Bookseller Inventory # 97814000447191.0

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Book Description: Knopf, 2005. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. Brand New copy with brown hard boards and red spine covering & gilt lettering on the spine. Stated First Edition, "This swashbuckling adventure was the brainchild of the late Marlon Brando, who came up with the storyline in 1979. A collaboration with director Donald Cammell, who wrote a screenplay and later a novel based on the material, FAN-TAN is the story of a brave and dashing sea captain who is seduced into piracy by a beautiful Chinese woman. Set in 1927, the novel is full of carefully researched details about the times. ; 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.3 Inches; 249 pages. Bookseller Inventory # 4307

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