Shibumi
by Trevanian
4.4
Open LibraryAbout this book
NICHOLAI HEL.... Born in the ravages of WWI China to an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father, raised in the spiritual gardens of a Japanese Go master, he survives the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the world's most artful lover and it's most accomplished and highly paid assassin. Genius, mystic, master of language and culture, Hel's secret is his determination to attain a rare kind of personal excellence, a state of effortless perfection..... shibumi. Now living in an isolated mountain fortress with his magnificent Eurasion mistress, Hel faces his most sinister enemy --- a super-monolith of espionage and monopoly. The battle lines are drawn, ruthless power and corruption on one side and on the other...... SHIBUMI Maybe the best book I've ever read.
Themes & subjects
AssassinsFictionFugitives from justiceInternational business enterprisesJapan, fictionFiction, espionage
First published 1979About the author
Trevanian
1925 – 2005
American film scholar and writer who wrote several novels under the pen name Trevanian. Whitaker wrote in a wide variety of genres, achieved bestseller status, and published under several other names, as well, including Nicholas Seare, Beñat Le Cagot, and Edoard Moran.
Reviews
No reviews yet — be the first to write one from the Log screen.
Quotes
No quotes yet.
