"Shibumi" by Trevanian

[Paula99]

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Shibumi (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345311809/wdsection-20)

This book comes to us recommended by Katya.


Book Description by Amazon: 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


It sounds like it might be right up our alley.

[Paula99]

This book is one that I will call remarkable. Though it became a best seller in 1979, it could have been released yesterday. The protaganist, Nicholai Hel, is one of the best drawn characters I have seen in a long while. This is not a spy story as we have come to know them. It is a vivid picture of international intrigue, terrorism and survival. I highly recommend it.

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