Fan-Tan - Softcover

Brando, Marlon; Cammell, Donald

2.79

96 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 140009626X ISBN 13: 9781400096268

Publisher: Vintage, 2006

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Fan-Tan is a hugely entertaining, swashbuckling romp, from one of the greatest actors of our time: Marlon Brando. The story of an eccentric early-twentieth-century pirate who sets out on the high seas from the Philippines to Shanghai, Fan-Tan follows the exploits of Anatole "Annie" Doultry, a larger-than-life character that Brando could have easily inhabited himself. When Annie saves the life of a Chinese prisoner in a Hong Kong prison, he's led to the mysterious and seductive Madame Lai Choi San--one of the most notorious gangsters in Asia--and here the true adventures begin.Years in the making with Brando's longtime collaborator, screenwriter and director Donald Cammell, Fan-Tan is a rollicking, delectable tale--and the last surprise from an ever-surprising legend.

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Review:

"Fan-Tan is the kind of high-seas extravaganza nobody writes anymore . . . . A ripping yarn, an old-fashioned potboiler with something for everyone." -The New York Times Book Review"An exceedingly strange, high-stepping, low-stooping tale." -The Washington Post Book World "Fan-Tan is indeed an outrageous sea-story, with babes and pirates, drink and sex. It has an undeniable charm. . . . Students of film, lovers of Brando, or those with a hankering for another tale of avarice and deceit on the high seas will want to have a look." -The Houston Chronicle

From the Publisher:

A remarkable and never previously published novel of piratical adventure by legendary film-star Marlon Brando and screenwriter and director Donald Cammell. Fan-Tan is both hugely entertaining and strikingly well-written.

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