Sly Mongoose

{{Short description|2008 novel by Tobias S. Buckell}}

{{For|the folk song|Sly Mongoose (song)}}

{{notability|Book|date=May 2023}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox book |

| name = Sly Mongoose

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| image = Sly Mongoose.jpg

| caption = First edition

| author = Tobias S. Buckell

| illustrator =

| cover_artist = Todd Lockwood

| country = United States

| language = English

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| genre = Science fiction

| publisher = Tor Books

| release_date = August 19, 2008

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| media_type = Hardcover

| pages = 352

| isbn = 0-7653-1920-9

| dewey= 813/.6 22

| congress= PS3602.U2635 S58 2008

| oclc= 184823039

| preceded_by = Ragamuffin

| followed_by = The Apocalypse Ocean

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Sly Mongoose is the third science fiction novel of Caribbean writer Tobias S. Buckell.{{Citation |last=Hunte |first=Nicola |title=Tobias Buckell, Sly Mongoose (2008) / Inhabiting Hostile Futures |date=2022-12-20 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14093.003.0038 |work=Uneven Futures |pages=257–264 |access-date=2023-05-10 |publisher=The MIT Press |doi=10.7551/mitpress/14093.003.0038 |isbn=978-0-262-37017-2|url-access=subscription }} The novel is a standalone but is set in the same universe as Buckell's novels Crystal Rain and Ragamuffin. The novels are also linked by a recurring character. The book's title is taken from a Jamaican folk song of the same name.

The book has received several reviews.{{Cite web |title=Title: Sly Mongoose |url=https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?829511 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.isfdb.org}}