{"product_id":"9780755370238","title":"Shibumi","description":"Author: Trevanian\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780755370238\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Headline\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 May 2011\u003cbr\u003ePages: 512 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForced out of retirement, a reluctant assassin must face his most dangerous enemy.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNicolai Hel is a westerner brought up in Japan and is the protege 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 shibumi.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow living in an isolated mountain fortress, 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 a deadly force   a sinister organisation known only as the Mother Company. The battle lines are drawn: ruthless power and corruption on one side, and on the other . . .shibumi.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46463734186142,"sku":"ADS-9780755370238","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780755370238.jpg?v=1769924745","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780755370238","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}