Tiger

There is a tiger on the loose in Hoboken; Tony now has a wild creature of his own at home. His old mentor, Javier, a Jesuit father, still occupies Tony’s memories, and the book describes their relationship from both Tony’s and Javier’s points of view. A tiger has also figured in the Jesuit’s life, a period of which was spent in India. There he comes face to face with the ferocious wild beast and, by facing directly the possibility that he will lose his life, he develops a new sense of himself in the world.