FanTan, Donald Cammell
FanTan, Donald Cammell
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Fan-Tan

Author: Donald Cammell, Marlon Brando

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 8 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/15/2005


Synopsis

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.

Marlon Brando worked on this story with his longtime collaborator—screenwriter and director Donald Cammell—for years. He's left us with a rollicking, swashbuckling, delectable romp of a novel—the last surprise from an ever-surprising legend.

About Donald Cammell

Donald Cammell (1934-1996) was a writer, actor, producer, and director. He was best known for his films Performance, Demon Seed, and Wild Side.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jay

Weird and wonderful, like Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island' crossed with Donald Cammell's own 1970 film 'Performance'. Cammell really put his heart into this book, the detail on piracy and the politics and culture of Hong Kong and South China circa 1927 is a treat, and at every step you can......more

Goodreads review by Kit

Words fail me. Marlon freaking Brando and Donald Cammell wrote a trashy-ass book together. Stop reading this and go buy the book.......more

Goodreads review by Richard

So much better than I'd been led to believe. However, the story behind Fan-Tan is still more fascinating than the one Brando and Cammell tell.......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

Good fun read! And interesting afterword.......more

Goodreads review by Johnny

Portions of this novel seemed as cinematic as one would expect from a film script novelized for the purpose of advancing the film project. As a film, the pacing might have been better as certain pages of excessive and self-indulgent description would be captured better by the cinematography. Ironica......more