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
Shibumi: A Novel
✍ Scribed by Trevanian
- Publisher
- Crown/Archetype
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 333 KB
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0307238431
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✦ Synopsis
A westerner raised in Japan, he survived the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the world's most artful lover and its most accomplished assassin. His greatest desire is to attain a state of effortless perfection . . . shibumi. But he is about to face his most sinister and corrupt enemy -- a supermonolith of espionage and monopoly bent on destroying
him. . . .
From the Paperback edition.
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