o The Eiger Sanction published in 1972
o The Loo Sanction in 1973
o Shibumi in 1979 - in the humble opinion of witiger, the best book he has ever read
www.ruralvermont.com/diner/chat_books/messages/893.html
Trevanian revealed www.enterprisepub.com/news/12.16.98news.htm#dana
- the name "Rod Whitaker" appears in the credits as a writer on the 1975 film The Eiger Sanction by Clint Eastwood
Interesting
similarities between Whitaker and witiger
Dr.
Rod Whitaker was a writing genius, witiger is just a simple Canadian college
prof.
| witiger | Whitaker |
|
William
Timothy George
Richardson
|
Dr. Rodney William Whitaker |
|
rode
a motorcycle
|
rode a motorcycle |
|
lived
in Japan
|
interested in Japan |
|
I'm
Canadian
|
he grew up in Canada |
| served in the Canadian Navy Reserve | served in the U.S. Navy |
|
college
professor
|
college professor |
|
taught
20+ hours a week
|
taught 20+ hours a week |
| wrote 4 e-commerce books | well known writer of novels |
"Whitaker
goes on to describe his unique approach to writing fiction. First,
he decides on the core idea for a novel -- "not a character, or a
locale, or a theme, but rather a total, terminal ambiance, what in
Japanese is termed the aji." That done, he decides which genre would
work best. Then he creates an author to write the book, develops a style
for that author, and proceeds from there"
www.oregonlive.com/books/99/08/bk990829_recluse.html