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by: Trevanian

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Sales Rank: 18,927
Release Date: November, 1990
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: 4.54 out of 5 stars

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- Wonderful, Perfect, Best Book That I've Ever Read
A perfect book which introduced many wonderful and profound things and concepts into my life. Even the concept of "Shibumi" alone makes this book worth to be read. No need to mention that it includes many philosophical ideas about elitism, democracy, consuming society; information about Eastern culture, GO... This book is the masterpiece of masterpieces. The best book I've ever read. Trevanian has the ultimate talent of using the English language. No other writer (with the exceptions of Douglas Adams, and Jay McInerney in "Story of My Life") makes me laugh so much with their witty and hilarious writings. I made almost everybody around me read the book and they adored the it. For the ones who said it is an OK spy novel; sorry, but you did not get into the depths of the book. Read it again, but ... Read More

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- one compelling character, but biased
This novel concentrates on Nicolai's life and the main plot involves him being chased down by a group of clumsy Americans. The Americans were hired to eliminate a splinter group of Israeli sympathizers who were after the terroists who killed Israeli atheletes during the Munich Olympics. Something goes terribly wrong with the Americans plan because a person who was not eliminated during a clumsy raid has a connection to Nicolai.

Nicholai Hel is a hired assassin who has certain esoteric knowledge that he uses to excel in his craft. Shibumi, which is a special state of clarity (meditation) was something that just came naturally to him since he was very young. The proximity sense, which can be used to not only sense the presence of others, but also to read their mental state was developed ... Read More

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- Modern medieval anti-hero of the establishment.
When this novel was first published in 1979, the leading critics had a difficult time classifying the work. It wasn't exactly an espionage thriller or an epic, but it seemed to touch upon many genres and themes. ~Shibumi~ is a fictional biography more than anything else, for its central character, Nicholai Hel, is the tale's main concern. A minor character in the story sums up the protagonist superbly at the end of the book by calling him half saintly ascetic, half Vandal marauder - a medieval anti-hero. Nicholai Hel is your vintage 'man-against-the establishment' with a mind like a steel trap and the tastes and lifestyle of an 18th century aristocrat. His pedigree is a throw back to the German/Russian elite, where generations of breeding and culture have contributed to his unusual character. Nicholai ... Read More

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