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Title: Fan-Tan
Author: Marlon Brando, Donald Cammell
Narrator: Simon Vance
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-03-06
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 19 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Anatole "Annie" Doultry is in his early 50s, 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.
Critic Reviews:
"Readers will be swinging from the rigging along with the rest of the pirates in this rollicking high-seas saga." (Publishers Weekly)
Members Reviews:
Brando writes a Sexy Asian Pirate Novel
I read this book a couple of months ago, and liked it. It's got sex, suspense, some light moments, and a main sea-faring character resembling that of Brando in Missouri Breaks--made about the time as this book was written. The Hong Kong pirate setting and exotic Chinese women would have made for an intriguing movie, but how to film that pornographic final scene!
Brando, by the way, was quite literate--highly self-educated courtesy of the NY Library and some 4000 books in his personal collection. He did have some help with a co-author in the writing part of this book, but the plot and characters are undoubtedly his creation.
Anybody for fan tan? Hong Kong-style gambling.
NOT A "FAN"
Great cover art. Period. The rest is BEYOND CRAP.
The book flunks -- although I was pleased with the book's excellent condition and its quick delivery
Certain passages are quite good (as to the quality of writing), but most of the book cannot be thought of as anything great. This low rating is not the fault of the distributor of the book, who sent it promptly. The book's condition is excellent.
From The Mind Of My Favorite Pirate...I mean...Actor...
I am not really much of a fiction reader, but I had to read "Fan-Tan" since the story came from the mind of Marlon Brando, himself.
It is sad that both men who originally participated in bringing this story to fruition, Marlon Brando and Donald Cammell, are no longer with us. But, how grateful I am for such works that are part of the legacy of wonderful artists such as they both obviously were. And, how grateful I am that David Thomson did such a wonderful job in completing this novel so that it could be made available to us.
Although fiction is not my favorite kind of reading, I enjoyed "Fan-Tan" so much with its intriguing plot and its twists and turns. I found myself looking forward, page by page, to what would come next.
The book is well-paced and full of intrigue. I enjoyed its unique and eccentric characters, including that of Annie Doultry - a character Brando might have played. The book's content is imaginative and downright spicy in some parts. I found the sexual "escapades" interesting, edgy, daring, and surprising.
