Man in the Cage, The-Jack Vance novel, book review
Man in the Cage, The-Jack Vance novel The Man in the Cage is an excellent, exciting, intriguing, suspenseful,198 page, mystery novel written by Jack Vance under the name of Ellery Queen. It was probably written in 1958. I’ve read all 14 of Vance’s mystery novels several times and this is my favorite. It is extremely well written, and I savored reading many of the highly descriptive sentences and passages. Vance provides outstanding physical and psychological descriptions of many colorful characters along with a picturesque portrait of the exotic life in Morocco during the time of the Algerian civil war. At times his prose was so vivid and visual that I felt like I was watching a movie instead of reading a book. In 1961 Vance was given the Edgar mystery book award for Best First Novel for The Man in the Cage . It was also made into an episode of the "Thriller" TV series, season 1, episode 18. Vance is justly famous for his ability to describe unusual planets...