Also released under the name "Tyger, Tyger"
A Sci-Fi classic that follows the story of an anti-hero called Gully Foyle.
Gully is the lone survivor on a space ship (NOMAD) that had been attacked. He survives alone for 6 months but when a ship comes past, it ignores his distress signal and leaves him behind.
The anger he feels transforms him into a man consumed with rage and that's when he decides to live, just so he can get his revenge on the ship that left him to die.
Early on, his face is covered by a tiger tattoo. It's an interesting plot device that isn't helped by the illustration on the cover of the book I got...which clearly shows a tattoo that looks nothing like a tiger and has the name NOMAD spelled backwards! I'll add in a large shot of the cover just so you can see :)
It didn't ruin the book for me at all but it's little things like that that sometimes stick in my brain more than plot or characters!
Foyle is definitely an antihero so you find yourself rooting for him and then read about him doing terrible things just because he's angry.
I enjoyed this book especially as it predicted Cyberpunk.
I give this book 4 "Space Jaunts" out of 5
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