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1972 thriller novel by Trevanian, revolving around the adventures of Jonathan Hemlock, a mountaineer, art professor and collector moonlighting as an assassin. After a government courier carrying important data is murdered, Jonathan is hired to find the murderers and "sanction" them (i.e. contract assassination for those who kill American agents).
The first target is easily found and dispatched in Montreal. The second, however, requires him to join a group of climbers attempting to scale the Eiger's north face. After training rigorously for the attack on the mountain, as well as putting paid to a few old debts, he eventually joins the ascent, all the while looking for his target, whose identity he will have to determine on the mountain itself...
Was later adapted into a [[Film/TheEigerSanction 1975 film]] starring Creator/ClintEastwood as Jonathan Hemlock and Creator/GeorgeKennedy as Big Ben Bowman.
The first target is easily found and dispatched in Montreal. The second, however, requires him to join a group of climbers attempting to scale the Eiger's north face. After training rigorously for the attack on the mountain, as well as putting paid to a few old debts, he eventually joins the ascent, all the while looking for his target, whose identity he will have to determine on the mountain itself...
Was later adapted into a [[Film/TheEigerSanction 1975 film]] starring Creator/ClintEastwood as Jonathan Hemlock and Creator/GeorgeKennedy as Big Ben Bowman.
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A 1972 thriller novel byTrevanian, Trevanian (the {{pen name}} of American author Rodney Whitaker), revolving around the adventures of Jonathan Hemlock, a mountaineer, art professor and collector moonlighting as an assassin. After a government courier carrying important data is murdered, Jonathan Hemlock is hired to find the murderers and "sanction" them (i.e. contract assassination for those who kill American agents).
The first target is easily found and dispatched in Montreal. The second, however, requires him to join a group of climbers attempting to scale theEiger's north face. face of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps. After training rigorously for the attack on the mountain, as well as putting paid to a few old debts, he Hemlock eventually joins the ascent, all the while looking for his target, whose identity he will have to determine on the mountain itself...
Was Followed a year later by a {{sequel}}, ''The Loo Sanction''. Was adapted into a [[Film/TheEigerSanction 1975 film]] starring Creator/ClintEastwood as Jonathan Hemlock and Creator/GeorgeKennedy as Big Ben Bowman.Bowman.
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* StealthParody: One of the few works whose nature as a parody was only discovered much, much later.
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* StealthParody: One of the few works whose nature as a parody (of Franchise/JamesBond) was only discovered much, much later.
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* GoodOldFisticuffs: The day before the Eiger climb, Hemlock and Pope get into a fight because Hemlock is fed up with Pope [[NumberTwoForBrains being an idiot]]. Although Pope claims to be a martial arts black belt, Hemlock wins by decking him several times.
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* GoodOldFisticuffs: The day before the Eiger climb, Hemlock and Pope get into a fight because Hemlock is fed up with Pope [[NumberTwoForBrains being an idiot]]. Although In the movie, although Pope claims to be a martial arts black belt, Hemlock wins by decking him several times.times. The book has Hemlock get the jump on Pope almost immediately.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Jean-Paul's wife, Anna. He confronts Jonathan the night before the climb, but he wasn't the guy she was cheating on him with.
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* GoodOldFisticuffs: The day before the Eiger climb, Hemlock and Pope get into a fight because Hemlock is fed up with Pope [[NumberTwoForBrains being an idiot]]. Although Pope claims to be a martial arts black belt, Hemlock wins by decking him several times.
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* MexicanStandoff: Hemlock gets into one with Jean-Paul, but while Jean-Paul had the gun, Hemlock had rolled over his own. The end result was that he pointed his hand in a gun shape at Jean-Paul, while it was under his sleeping bag.
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* MexicanStandoff: Hemlock gets into one with Jean-Paul, but while Jean-Paul had the gun, Hemlock had rolled over his own. The end result was that [[FingerGun he pointed his hand in a gun shape shape]] at Jean-Paul, while it was under his sleeping bag.
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Was later adapted into a 1975 film starring Creator/ClintEastwood as Jonathan Hemlock and Creator/GeorgeKennedy as Big Ben Bowman.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Jean-Paul's wife, Anna. He confronts Jonathan the night before the climb, but he wasn't the guy she was cheating on him with.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Jean-Paul's wife, Anna. He confronts Jonathan the night before the climb, but he wasn't the guy she was cheating on him with.with.
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* AlbinosAreFreaks: Dragon is an albino and has poor health. He needs a special room with little light and also constant attention by a nurse. The narration (and a lot of snark) makes clear that Hemlock considers Dragon a monstrous freak.
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* DeadlyEuphemism: Dragon loves to use "sanction" for this end.
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* HeroicAlbino: Dragon, for a certain measure of "heroic".
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* DrinkOrder: Ben Bowman's best-loved beverage? Beer.
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* AuthorTract: Trevanian had a tendency to rant about certain topics using Hemlock as his mouthpiece. The first scene featuring him has him mercilessly roasting people's tendencies to over-categorize art.
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* SextraCredit: Subverted. A pretty blonde student hints that she's prepared to do anything to get a better grade... and Hemlock cockblocks her by saying she needs to study her ass off.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Hemlock finally takes out his anger on Clement Pope shortly before the climb, and after Gem leaves him for the last time.
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* MexicanStandoff: Hemlock gets into one with Jean-Paul, but while Jean-Paul had the gun, Hemlock had rolled over his own. The end result was that he pointed his hand in a gun shape at Jean-Paul, while it was under his sleeping bag.
* NightmareFetishist: The Eiger Birds, as a whole: wealthy and powerful socialites who go to mountain climbs to watch, hoping for failure or death to titillate them.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Hemlock finally takes out his anger on Clement Pope shortly beforethe climb, and after Gem leaves him for the last time.time and the climb begins, and after his cover was blown a few minutes ago.
* NightmareFetishist: The Eiger Birds, as a whole: wealthy and powerful socialites who go to mountain climbs to watch, hoping for failure or death to titillate them.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Hemlock finally takes out his anger on Clement Pope shortly before
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** The victim in the prologue was one of Dragon's couriers -- he was code-named "Wormwood".
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* DeathMountain: The Eiger's north face is named as such, from "nordwand" to "mordwand".
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* DeathMountain: The Eiger's north face is named as such, from [[BilingualBonus "nordwand" to "mordwand"."mordwand"]].
* DrinkOrder: Ben Bowman's best-loved beverage? Beer.
* DrinkOrder: Ben Bowman's best-loved beverage? Beer.
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* HopeSpot: The team's going to make it down the mountain safe, they're almost there... and then the above trope happens.
* PunnyName: The head of CII's name is Yurasis Dragon -- which is why he prefers being called by his last name.
* PunnyName: The head of CII's name is Yurasis Dragon -- which is why he prefers being called by his last name.
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* HeroicAlbino: Dragon, for a certain measure of "heroic".
* HopeSpot: The team's going to make it down the mountain safe, they're almost there... and then theabove trope happens.
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* InLoveWithTheMark: Happens to Gem, right before she steals Hemlock's pay from the Montreal sanction.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Hemlock finally takes out his anger on Clement Pope shortly before the climb, and after Gem leaves him for the last time.
* PunnyName: The head of CII's name is Yurasis Dragon -- which is why he prefers being called by his last name. The woman Hemlock gets into a fling with just before the preparation for the climb begins also fits, too: [[spoiler: Randie Nickers.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: When Big Ben was still climbing, Jonathan was the Blue Oni to Ben's Red.
* HopeSpot: The team's going to make it down the mountain safe, they're almost there... and then the
* InLoveWithTheMark: Happens to Gem, right before she steals Hemlock's pay from the Montreal sanction.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Hemlock finally takes out his anger on Clement Pope shortly before the climb, and after Gem leaves him for the last time.
* PunnyName: The head of CII's name is Yurasis Dragon -- which is why he prefers being called by his last name. The woman Hemlock gets into a fling with just before the preparation for the climb begins also fits, too: [[spoiler: Randie Nickers.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: When Big Ben was still climbing, Jonathan was the Blue Oni to Ben's Red.
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* WhatBeautifulEyes: Every time Hemlock is with a woman, their comment afterwards is always a compliment about his eyes.
* YodelLand: Where the last part of the book is held: from Kleine Scheidegg to the Eiger to Zurich.
* YouNeedToGetLaid: After a reporter asks Ben if the climb was some sort of compensation for something, Ben retorts with this question before he escapes to the elevator.
* YodelLand: Where the last part of the book is held: from Kleine Scheidegg to the Eiger to Zurich.
* YouNeedToGetLaid: After a reporter asks Ben if the climb was some sort of compensation for something, Ben retorts with this question before he escapes to the elevator.
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* CaptainObvious: Karl just had to yell "Foehn!" just moments before the storm hits the climbers.
* ClimbingClimax: Inverted. The final part of the climb is a frenzied descent towards the Eigerwand Station Window before the sun sets and the mountain freezes the rest of the climbing team to death.
* DeathMountain: The Eiger's north face is named as such, from "nordwand" to "mordwand".
* HairTriggerAvalanche: Happens just as the climbing team almost makes it to safety.
* HopeSpot: The team's going to make it down the mountain safe, they're almost there... and then the above trope happens.
* PunnyName: The head of CII's name is Yurasis Dragon -- which is why he prefers being called by his first name.
* ScalingTheSummit: The final part of the book concerns the climbing team's attempted conquest of the Eiger's north face.
* StealthParody: One of the few works whose nature as a parody was only discovered much, much later.
* ThemedAliases: Dragon's sense of romanticism led him to name all his operatives after poisons... except Hemlock, whose last name already fit the theme.
* VomitDiscretionShot: The second accomplice in the murder was only identified because he vomited while the killing was happening.
* YourCheatingHeart: Jean-Paul's wife, Anna. He confronts Jonathan the night before the climb, but he wasn't the guy she was cheating on him with.
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1972 thriller novel by Trevanian, revolving around the adventures of Jonathan Hemlock, a mountaineer, art professor and collector moonlighting as an assassin. After a government courier carrying important data is murdered, Jonathan is hired to find the murderers and "sanction" them (i.e. contract assassination for those who kill American agents).
The first target is easily found and dispatched in Montreal. The second, however, requires him to join a group of climbers attempting to scale the Eiger's north face. After training rigorously for the attack on the mountain, as well as putting paid to a few old debts, he eventually joins the ascent, all the while looking for his target, whose identity he will have to determine on the mountain itself...
Was later adapted into a 1975 film starring Clint Eastwood as Jonathan Hemlock and George Kennedy as Big Ben Bowman.
Tropes appearing in this novel:
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The first target is easily found and dispatched in Montreal. The second, however, requires him to join a group of climbers attempting to scale the Eiger's north face. After training rigorously for the attack on the mountain, as well as putting paid to a few old debts, he eventually joins the ascent, all the while looking for his target, whose identity he will have to determine on the mountain itself...
Was later adapted into a 1975 film starring Clint Eastwood as Jonathan Hemlock and George Kennedy as Big Ben Bowman.
Tropes appearing in this novel:
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