Shibumi
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780345301390 (0345301390)
Publish date: August 12th 1981
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Novels,
Humor,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Mystery,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Japan,
Action
Series: Nicholai Hel (#1)
“Miss Swivven regretted two aspects of her career: this getting sunburned every week or so, and the occasional impersonal use Mr. Diamond made of her to relieve his tensions. Still, she was philosophic. No job is perfect.” “Hana laughed softly. “Do call me Hana. After all, I am not Nicholai’s wife...
"Shibumi has to do with great refinement underlying commonplace appearances. It is a statement so correct that it does not have to be bold, so poignant it does not have to be pretty, so true it does not have to be real. Shibumi is understanding, rather than knowledge. Eloquent silence. In demeanor i...
Playful take on the thriller genre, and shows surprisingly few creaky parts for being published in 1979. The computer databases know everything, just like now, only they print it on old-fashioned paper. I liked the first half, going from current spies trying to clean up after a botched case and the ...
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5! Senses Working Overtime!SEE the assassin in his youth! see him as a child in war-torn Shanghai, as a young Go-Master in Japan, as a dutiful son and as a tortured prisoner, as an expert caver in Basque Spain, as an equally expert Stage IV Lovemaker! see him enact the "Delight of th...
This book is one of the best spy novels I’ve ever read. I learned many things about Japanese culture and history. I also enjoyed the portrayal of Basque people (who are very similar to Iranian Kurds!). There were fantastic characters in the book, including General Kashikawa, Le Cagot (revolutionary ...
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