Eye Spy in Q&A with Tahir Shah

Apr 24, 2013 Holly rated it it was amazing

Loved this book! It was such a fast-paced story that I read it in one weekend.

Note that this book is TOTALLY different from the author's previous work. He's completely stepped out of travel writing into...crime? Action? Suspense? This is an action-packed read that is full of adventure and surprises. The book will keep you on your toes, and you'll never be able to imagine what's coming next. It would make the perfect film.

Eye Spy is definitely the most shocking read that Tahir Shah has written. ...more

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Apr 26, 2013 Toni rated it it was amazing

It was an unputdownable read.
Levels of excitement and fascination sky high.
The pace of a good thriller. A diamond.
In the question and answer opportunity on good reads Tahir Shah says 'I am fascinated by the idea that he was the one man alive who could save society's sight at a time when he was its greatest villain. 'Amadeus Kaine may be feasting on eyeballs the reader can feast on other things.
Here is a list. Sight and the right and wrong ways of getting it. How the brain might be stimulated, w ...more

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Apr 25, 2013 Ita rated it it was amazing

'Eye Spy" is a riveting read with a unique and unforgettable central character, a tragic hero worthy of Shakespeare. It is also a book which questions accepted ideas of good and evil; but it goes further than that. Re-reading it, I began to realise something fundamental about seeing. I was seeing what I wanted to see, and ignoring what was less comfortable. This book taught me that reality is both grimmer and more wonderful than what we are led to believe, and being blind to it is not an option ...more

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Jun 27, 2013 Toni rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

May 2020.
What a roller coaster! Woohoo.
''Look at us,' shouted Amadeus Kaine. 'We live in a mechanized industrialized society. We use machines to do everything, and we think that we can create food by the same mass industrialization. It's lunacy. We have become detached from the Earth of our ancestors, and oculosis is nature reminding us of that.''
Earlier Review. Well I have read all of it now... non stop... an unputdownable read. Levels of excitement and fascination sky high: pace of a good thr ...more

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Apr 28, 2013 Neil rated it it was amazing

Another engrossing and provocative story from Tahir Shah. Hard to put down and easy to read in one go, however there is nothing superficial about the story which has at its centre the morally ambiguous and disturbing Amadeus Kaine. It will make you confront some interesting questions about good and evil in the maelstrom of the modern world. Highly recommended.

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May 05, 2013 Paul Berglund rated it it was amazing

Wondrous and horrendous...tantalizing hints at hidden
patterns and processes. Reads like watching a spy/adventure
movie. A fascinating creation of a main character who is
both ultra-horror-villain and medical-super-hero.

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Jun 04, 2013 Kevan Bowkett rated it really liked it

Tahir Shah’s recent novel Eye Spy (released as an ebook on Amazon a couple of months ago) is a feast of – many different kinds. It tells the tale of Amadeus Kaine, master eye surgeon of the age and connoisseur of obscure cuisine, and his effects for both good and evil on the human race. It is grim, exciting, funny, well-informed, cosmopolitan, multi-layered, with a detailed analysis of psychological morbidity carried along on a drive that seldom slackens. The author’s love of detail seems to com ...more

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Apr 24, 2013 H.M. rated it it was amazing

Tahir Shah has always had a penchant for the oddball, not only in his travel writing but also in his own, well-documented life. With Shah having now taken to writing fiction, "Eye Spy" has to be his wackiest read yet.

You know that what Dr. Amadeus Kaine is up to is really offensive to the prevailing norms of supposedly civilized society, and yet you just can't help but become engrossed in, even hooked on, the work; even wondering what human eyeballs might taste like with a little garnishing, if ...more

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Jul 25, 2013 Anette rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Before I started reading Eye Spy, I was trolling the reviews to see what people were saying, considering it is so completely different from Tahir's other books. And one reviewer said :"This is a book that once read, you can never unread. But hey, that could be a good thing, right?" And in a nut shell, that is this book.
Even though you know what Dr Kaine is doing is completely outside the average person's normality, you cannot help but get roped into his life and work. This book will stay with yo ...more

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Apr 25, 2013 Maurizio rated it it was amazing

Fantastic book! The story is really intriguing and I read it in one breath during a day: it is a book you simply cannot put down until you finish! It is not for the faint of heart, especially for the ones with green eyes, like me...

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May 24, 2013 Robs rated it it was amazing

In which the world's leading eye surgeon develops too much of a taste for his work! Delicious. ...more

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Jun 07, 2013 Ulrika Eriksson rated it it was amazing

Junk Food and Pandemics

What we are going through for the moment makes this, my second read, fascinating: this is about our revolting food industry causing a pandemic and about our greed for intellect, making possible many cannibal Kaines, I'm sure. Only they get away with it. ...more

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Jul 11, 2013 Ornella rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Tra i i libri di Tahir è uno dei più interessanti. Coinvolgente e appassionante, pieno di significati da carpire tra le righe, parla di occhi e vista alludendo sottilmente alla possibilità di capacità più raffinate.

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