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An edition of Shibumi (1979)

Shibumi

A Novel

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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.

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Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Language
English
Pages
496

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Subjects
Assassins, Fiction, Fugitives from justice, International business enterprises, Japan, fiction, Fiction, espionage, Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, thrillers, espionage

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Shibumi: A Novel
May 10, 2005, Three Rivers Press
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Shibumi: a novel
2005, Three Rivers Press
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Shibumi
May 12, 1980, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English
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Shibumi
1979, Crown Publishers
in English
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"The screen flashed 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 ... then the projector was switched off, and lights came up in recessed sconces along the walls of the private viewing room."

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
496
Dimensions
8 x 5.2 x 1.1 inches
Weight
14.1 ounces

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OL8364610M
ISBN 10
1400098033
ISBN 13
9781400098033
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169727
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1059

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January 4, 2011 Edited by Fiction Addiction Added new cover
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