Book
Satori : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 0307398714 (hc.)
- ISBN: 9780307398710 :
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Physical Description:
print
504 p. ; 24 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, c2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Based on Trevanian's Shibumi" and can be considered to be a prequel to that novel. |
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| Subject: | Assassins -- Fiction Fugitives from justice -- Fiction International business enterprises -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Psychological thriller. Suspense fiction. Suspense fiction. |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlegar Public Library | FIC WIN (Text) | 35146001679059 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kimberley Public Library | F WIN (Text) | KPL97429 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kitimat Public Library | Win (Text) | 32665001629098 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
"It is the fall of 1951 and the Korean War is raging. Twenty-six-year-old Nicholai Hel has spent the last three years in solitary confinement at the hands of the Americans. Hel is a master of hodo korosu or "naked kill," and fluent in over six languages. Genius and mystic, he has honed extraordinary "proximity sense" -- an extra-awareness of the presence of danger -- and has the skills to be the world's most formidable assassin. The Americans need him. They offer Hel freedom in exchange for one small service: go to Beijing and kill the Soviet Union's Commissioner to China. It's almost certainly a suicide mission, but Hel accepts. Now he must survive violence, suspicion and betrayal while trying to achieve the ultimate goal of satori -- the possibility of true understanding and harmony with the world."--Publisher.
