The Ninja
"Totally absorbing...as gripping a tale of hatred and revenge as you will read...It is superb."NEWS RECORDThis is the story of Nicholas Linnear, half-Caucasian, half-Oriental, a man caught between East and West, between the sexual passions of a woman he can't forget and the one he can't control...
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"Totally absorbing...as gripping a tale of hatred and revenge as you will read...It is superb."NEWS RECORDThis is the story of Nicholas Linnear, half-Caucasian, half-Oriental, a man caught between East and West, between the sexual passions of a woman he can't forget and the one he can't control and between a past he can't escape and a destiny he can't avoid. A sprawling erotic thriller that swings from postwar Japan to present-day New York in a relentless saga of violence and terror elaborately designed for the most savage vengeance of all...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780586051535 (0586051538)
Publish date: July 1st 1981
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 528
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Japan,
Action,
Suspense
Series: Nicholas Linnear (#1)
I'm probably giving this book a higher rating than it deserves, because I'm remembering it from when I read it as a teenager. It's a cheesy, blood-splattered "Oriental" (I deliberately use the pejorative term) novel of dubious verisimilitude with steamy but pointless sex scenes. It was written when ...