The Vets [Import] [Paperback]

Stephen; Grose, Bill (editor) Leather (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books; Reprint edition (1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067174304X
• ISBN-13: 978-0671743048
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,783,660 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stephen Leather was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI, shovelled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing full time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as London's Burning, The Knock and the BBC's Murder in Mind series. You can find out more from his website, www.stephenleather.com.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a novel which overshadows jeffery archer, September 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Vets (Paperback)

The vets by stephen leather is one of the best novels written on the changing scenarios of hong kong before the chinese take over .The plot is very beautifull with a lot of twists authors grip remains firm throughout the novel .The novel also seems to be a very good travel guide of bangkok vietnam and hong kong.I recommend this novel to every fiction lover.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Vets and Other Books by Stephen Leather, March 21, 2002

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Tod A. Ragsdale (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The vets

I discovered this author when travelling in SE Asia. I rate him as one of the best thriller writers I know of and find it strange to find him in 'not in print' in the USA. His 'The Vets' deals with US Vietnam veterans, and his work covers a very wide geographical range, from Bankok to LA...

Stephen Leather has a large following in the UK and deserves better treatment on this side of the Atlantic...

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you don't like "KOWLUNG TONG", try this one!!!, September 11, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Vets (Paperback)

This is a very exciting and very good written novel about the years before the coming 1997 in Hong Kong. Since Mr. S. Leather has been stayed in the Far East for over 18 years and mostly spent in Hong Kong. The description of the scenary and what's happening and what has happened before 1997 was a very deep and vividly portrayed. A very complicated and very absorbing, twisted story of adultery, betrayal, VietNam Syndrome and a robbery carried out by a Rolex accuracy and precision. Very interesting and fast paced novel. Highly recommended