{"product_id":"shibumi-9781400098033","title":"Shibumi","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 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—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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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, s","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407792677207,"sku":"9781400098033","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shibumi-9781400098033","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}