About this title: The enigmatic Garak - Cardassian-in-exile on space station Deep Space Nine - refers to himself as "just a simple tailor", but everyone knows that there's more to him than that. Why was he banished from his home planet? And why does he choose exile on Deep Space Nine?
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Description: Used. Slight rubbing and bumping damage to corners and edges. Cover shows some scuffing. Tight with clean pages, does not appear to have been read. Spine is not broken. We ship daily. read more
Description: Very Good. 0671038850 Condition: VERY GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, cover wear, name written inside cover, light underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, etc. Overall, the book is in solid shape. This is a blanket description. Please email us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your request). read more
Edition: First Edition, Second Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books, New York, New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780671038854ISBN:0671038850
Description: N/A. Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Crease on bottom right corner of front cover, no creases on spine. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 2000-05-01
ISBN-13:9780671038854ISBN:0671038850
Description: Good. Paperback with light shelf and edge wear, a little spine creasing and tiny corner curls on front cover; pages are clean and tight. read more
"A marvelous subtle book about Garak by the actor who played him. He wrote a lot of it for himself as an actor's tool, to make the character more real, to explain his motivations. This book goes into his childhood, his days as a spy with the Obsidian Order, and his present on a ruined Cardassia, trying to bring back some order and chaos, if only in his own life. Garak first identified himself to Julian as "a plain and simple tailor." He is anything but. What is most interesting about this book is how very foreign Garak is; he is nothing like humans, most of the time."
"I don't usually read Star Trek books but I thought I'd give some of them a try. I was really quite impressed. The book itself is engrossing, and if I had the time to read it in one sitting I would have.
The book takes place in three different time lines--Garak's childhood up until the beginning of the DS9 series, 'Emissary', and jumps to the events taking place after 'What You Leave Behind'. Besides merely filling in missing scenes, the book deals with the events surrounding the invasion and destruction of Cardassia. Trying to piece together and heal a throughly broken society is difficult, if not impossible and Andrew Robinson shows us this in a perfect Cardassian light. He does so while illustrating some of the events in the background, how Cardassia came to the point it was--all through the eyes of Elim Garak. He shows the story of Garak's exile, how he tried to live up to the rather impossible expectations of Cardassian society, and failed."
"it's a little embarassing to have read this. but, as someone who loved ds9 and especially garak, reading and enjoying this book was a foregone conclusion."
"One of my favorite Star Trek books. It satisfied the need to know more about Garak, because he's the one character that the back story is still unclear, season after season. Fascinating book."
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