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Book review - Loot by Tania James

This one turned out to be a lot more boring than it seemed. It is a about a young, talented woodworker named Abbas from Srirangapatna, Mysore, whose work catches the eye of Tipu Sultan. Tipu Sultan enlists Abbas to work for him, under the apprenticeship of a French clockmaker named Lucien Du Leze. Together, they build a one-of-a-kind musical automaton of a tiger killing a British soldier, which is later stolen as a war prize when the British attack Mysore and kill Tipu Sultan. Abbas later moves to France, where he learns that the tiger has been given to the wife of one of the British soldiers. He goes to England with Jehanne, a girl he knew from his childhood that also went to France, to try and get the tiger back.

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I thought this book had a very interesting concept, but there are huge gaps in time left unexplained, random deaths that didn't make much sense, and an anticlimactic ending (its described as a heist novel but Abbas and Jehanne ultimately don't get the Tiger back, and for all his prodigious talent Abbas becomes a dollmaker). It did have a wry sense of humor that I enjoyed, though.

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GABBLER RECOMMENDS: "Tania James on Trust, Truth, and the Desire to Create Something That Lasts"

From the podcast: Tania James: Yeah, I don’t think he actually commissioned the elephant clock. I kind of created this moment. But I think he would’ve really responded to that object that was created and designed by a 12th-century Muslim polymath. His name was Al-Jazari and he is well known in the Arab world. I don’t know. But when I discovered this thing, this was a whole other world of…

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Title: The Tusk That Did the Damage | Author: Tania James | Publisher: Vintage (2015)

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James Bond Collection

Goldfinger (1964)

Honor Blackman, Nadja Regin, Shirely Eaton and Tania Mallet

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Tania Mallet as Tilly Masterson - a Bond Girl - wearing the amazing Hermès Collier de Chien Belt on 007 - Goldfinger - 1964

Elsa Fennel was the wardrobe supervisor

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GOLDFINGER 1964

Tania Mallet, Sean Connery

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Tilly Masterson and James Bond, ’Goldfinger’

(played by Tania Mallet and Sean Connery, respectively)

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Goldfinger (1964)

Starring:

Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Gert Fröbe, Shirley Eaton, Tania Mallet, Harold Sakata

Directed By:

Guy Hamilton

Genre:

Action/Thriller

Rating:

PG

Run Time:

1 Hour 50 Minutes

Release Date:

17 September 1964 (London, premiere)

18 September 1964 (United Kingdom)

22 December 1964 (United States)

Synopsis:

Special agent 007 (Sean Connery) comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.

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James Bond Collection

Goldfinger (1964)

Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Tania Mallet, Gert Fröbe, Harold Sakata and Shirley Eaton

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Tania Mallet, Goldfinger, 1964