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"Shibumi" is a 1979 spy novel by American author Trevanian. The story centers on Nicholai Hel, a master assassin, western Go champion, and survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Seeking a state of "shibumi" (effortless perfection), Hel lives quietly in the Basque Country until he is drawn back...
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Cult favorite celebrated for audacity, memorable antihero, and exotic scope; misogyny, stereotypes, digressions, and tonal excess substantially divide modern readers.
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The Loo Sanction is a 1973 espionage novel by Trevanian and the sequel to The Eiger Sanction. It returns to Jonathan Hemlock, an art professor and former clandestine assassin whose knowledge of art, climbing, and covert operations places him in another international plot. Like its predecessor, the n...
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Entertaining Trevanian sequel with stylish action and satire; broadly considered less disciplined than Shibumi, with dated sexual politics and exaggerated plotting.
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