Shibumi (novel)

Shibumi
First edition (publ. Outlet)
AuthorTrevanian
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
Published1979
PublisherOutlet (Crown)
Publication placeUnited States

Shibumi is a novel published in 1979, written in English by Trevanian, a pseudonym of Rodney William Whitaker.[1]

Shibumi is set in the 1970s and details the struggle between the "Mother Company", a conspiracy of energy companies that secretly controls much of the western world, and a highly skilled assassin, Nicholai Hel.

  1. ^ Oliver, Myrna (December 19, 2005). "Rodney Whitaker, a.k.a. Trevanian, 74; Author Wrote 'Eiger Sanction'". Los Angeles Times.