{"product_id":"shibumi-9781400098033","title":"Shibumi","description":"\u003cb\u003eA classic spy novel from the bestselling author, Trevanian, about a westerner raised in Japan who becomes one of the world's most accomplished assassins.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNicholai 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 prot g  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 \u003ci\u003eshibumi.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 . . . \u003ci\u003eshibumi\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Broadway Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400098033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.76w x 1.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/26\/2006 pg. 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Trevanian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649423437980,"sku":"9781400098033","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_248b534f-eadf-4b99-a7df-f33f32634c67.jpg?v=1603872718","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/shibumi-9781400098033","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}