Shibumi by Trevanian

Shibumi by Trevanian

A classic spy novel from the bestselling author, Trevanian, about a westerner raised in Japan who becomes one of the world's most accomplished assassins.

Nicholai Hel is the world's most wanted man. Born in Shanghai during the chaos of World War I, he is the son of an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father and is the protege of a Japanese Go master. Hel survived the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the world's most artful lover and its most accomplished-and well-paid-assassin. Hel is a genius, a mystic, and a master of language and culture, and his secret is his determination to attain a rare kind of personal excellence, a state of effortless perfection known only as shibumi.

Now living in an isolated mountain fortress with his exquisite mistress, Hel is unwillingly drawn back into the life he'd tried to leave behind when a beautiful young stranger arrives at his door, seeking help and refuge. It soon becomes clear that Hel is being tracked by his most sinister enemy-a supermonolith of international espionage known only as the Mother Company. The battle lines are drawn- ruthless power and corruption on one side, and on the other . . . shibumi.

Shibumi, The Eiger Sanction, The Loo Sanction, The Main, and Summer of Katya are among Trevanian's best-selling novels. More than fourteen languages have been translated into his works. He lives in the Basque Mountains of France.

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ISBN 13	9781400098033
ISBN 10	1400098033
Title	Shibumi
Author	Trevanian
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2005-05-10
Number of pages	480
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