Shibumi Shibumi

Shibumi

A Novel

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Publisher Description

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 protégé 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.

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
1980
May 12
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
448
Pages
PUBLISHER
Crown
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
5
MB

Customer Reviews

Rac... ,

Fond Memory!

I read Shibumi many years ago in a printed format. I was delighted to find an eBook version, and quickly dove back into the story...only to find a very disappointing error. Throughout this edition “Go” is misspelled “Goo”.

ninjajim ,

Fantastic period piece

Very entertaining spy novel. A touch of satire and adventure. A lot of fun if you can get past the light sexism and racism which manifested in the era.

MyersTribe ,

Go or Goo Goo?

My download has all the references to the game Go spelled as Goo ... it's a bit annoying

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