Summary
Forced out of retirement, a reluctant assassin must face his most dangerous enemy.
Nicolai Hel is a westerner brought up in Japan 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 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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780755370238 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0755370236 |
| Author: | Trevanian |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Book Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 10 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 36mm |
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‘Trevanian has both wit and intelligence… Something for everyone.’
One hell of a pleasure to read. * The Washington Post *Trevanian has both wit and intelligence… Something for everyone. * New York Times *…Riveting… storytelling by a genuinely original author. * The Chicago Tribune *
About The Author
Trevanian
Trevanian was the pen name of Dr Rodney William Whitaker. After exploding onto the bestseller lists with two thrillers, THE EIGER SANCTION (1972) and THE LOO SANCTION (1973), Trevanian followed with the bestsellers THE MAIN (1976), SHIBUMI (1979) and THE SUMMER OF KATYA (1983). After a fifteen year absence he reappeared as an author with INCIDENT AT TWENTY-MILE (1998), HOTNIGHT IN THE CITY (2000) and THE CRAZY LADIES OF PEARL STREET (2005). He died in 2005.
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