On 3/04/25 18:18, Titus G wrote:

On 3/04/25 16:32, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

Meet the Tiger by Leslie Charteris
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72869

Thank you for this detail and your thoughts. I loved The Saint when an impressionable youngster but do not recall this specific one.
I'm off to Gutenberg.

I enjoyed this but less so in the second half when I was sick of the
continual long winded reasonings why he was so superior in physical and
mental abilities to the rest of the world followed by idiotic decisions
to tempt fate in the worst possible way. It was fun for the trip back to
an earlier time of reading pleasure but I will not seek more. Thank you.


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On 5/06/25 02:31, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

In article <101onri$kavd$3@dont-email.me>, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:

On 3/04/25 18:18, Titus G wrote:

On 3/04/25 16:32, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

Meet the Tiger by Leslie Charteris
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72869

Thank you for this detail and your thoughts. I loved The Saint when an
impressionable youngster but do not recall this specific one.
I'm off to Gutenberg.

I enjoyed this but less so in the second half when I was sick of the
continual long winded reasonings why he was so superior in physical and
mental abilities to the rest of the world followed by idiotic decisions
to tempt fate in the worst possible way. It was fun for the trip back to
an earlier time of reading pleasure but I will not seek more. Thank you.

You're welcome!

And yes, that fact that "Old House" could mean two different things
both of which the gang was using(!) and then barging into one of
them with no plan was a pure "how do I keep this moving?" :-)

I would point out, that, as I noted in the review, Charteris was
very aware of his first novel's weak points and at various times
resisted having it republished,

By the time I began it, I had forgotten that part of your review.

so your milage with other Saint

stories may vary. I plan (long term) to continue and will post
my results if & when. I do recall my first foray through the 1930s
stories very fondly.

OK. I probably would read another if there is a major change and will
look forward to your future reviews.

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A very belated note on your review of
_Meet the Tiger_ by Lesie Charteris:
the character Patricia Holm is not
"erstwhile".

As confirmed here, and as readers of the
series have a fair chance to pick up - <https://saint.fandom.com/wiki/Patricia_Holm>
it's her first appearance, aged 20, she falls
in love with Simon Templar here, and in sequels
is seen having adventures with him, scandalously
cohabiting without marriage - she dismisses
marriage - being abducted by villains, being
entirely absent but fondly thought of by
Simon Templar while he is entangled with other
women, or not thought of at all - not as a
gradual progression, but at random from one book
to the next. When she's present and aware that
Simon is seeing another woman, it doesn't seem
to upset her. She sounds like rather a
wish-fulfilling fantasy woman. Particularly
where spoiling their beautiful relationship by
getting married is her line apparently and not his.

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