Description: "Drawing on dramatic accounts by European colonials, and on detailed studies by folklorists and anthropologists, this work explores intriguing age-old Asian beliefs and claims that man-eating tigers and "little tigers," or leopards alike, were in various ways supernatural. It is a serious work based on extensive research, written in a lively style"--Provided by publisher.
Brief description: Former reporter and feature writer for Asian Medical News in Hong Kong, Patrick Newman lives in the United Kingdom.
Review Quotes: "A great read...a thorough scholarly apparatus underpinning every narrative opportunity...skillfully manages sensationalism while setting a cracking pace...fascinating as a tiger's stare, well written and packed with all the detail...that you could possibly want"-Fortean Times; "highly readable volume"-Fabula; "I know of no other book that has taken a serious look at the man-eaters as they were viewed by the people being eaten, as opposed to the people hunting them...a major addition to the literature on the subject...in fact, an oasis in a desert of sensationalist nonsense. Newman has gathered material from diverse sources and put a book in an empty space that was just waiting for something of this sort...an important book"-Paul T. Barber, Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA.