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| Title | : | The Ninja (Nicholas Linnear #1) |
| Author | : | Eric Van Lustbader |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 509 pages |
| Published | : | May 12th 1985 by Fawcett (first published 1980) |
| Categories | : | Thriller. Fiction. Mystery. Action. Adventure |
Eric Van Lustbader
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 509 pages Rating: 3.9 | 6066 Users | 202 Reviews
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"Totally absorbing...as gripping a tale of hatred and revenge as you will read...It is superb."NEWS RECORD
This is the story of Nicholas Linnear, half-Caucasian, half-Oriental, a man caught between East and West, between the sexual passions of a woman he can't forget and the one he can't control and between a past he can't escape and a destiny he can't avoid.
A sprawling erotic thriller that swings from postwar Japan to present-day New York in a relentless saga of violence and terror elaborately designed for the most savage vengeance of all...
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| Original Title: | The Ninja |
| ISBN: | 0449209164 (ISBN13: 9780449209165) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Nicholas Linnear #1 |
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Ratings: 3.9 From 6066 Users | 202 ReviewsCriticism Appertaining To Books The Ninja (Nicholas Linnear #1)
I read a lot of Van Lustbader's books as a teenager. Always a little shiver of "whoa, I don't think I should be reading this at my age". Sigh, that innocence is long gone.I remember my older brother bought The Ninja by Eric Van Lustbader in the mid 80s and I pestered him to let me have it. When he finally did let me read it I was blown away. The titular subject may have become a bit of a cliché since with everything even turtles adopting it but I still think with the storys broad international sweep and large cast of characters it is an exemplar of a particular kind of thriller. When it was written, international travel was nowhere near as accessible and this
Great intro to LustbaderI cant rave enough about how awesome this book was!! Definetly cant wait to dive into the rest of the series!! The fight scenes were amazing, the overall story was amazing, learned tons and was entertained from cover to cover!
I decided to read this book for two reasons: The title grabbed my interest, and I recognized the author as the guy who took over the Bourne franchise after Robert Ludlum's death.It starts out promisingly, with an intriguing assassination, but from there switches gears to protagonist Nicholas Linnear, who has just quit his job as an advertising executive, watching a drowned corpse being pulled from the ocean near his house, where he literally runs into his neighbor Justine. The next scene they
I wanted to like this book. It has some of the goofy trashiness of an 1980s ninja movie -- sword battles, wall climbing, hypnotism, throwing stars, all that good stuff.Unfortunately for a book about ninjas it is overwritten and takes itself way too seriously. There's an overabundance of back story for the main character and there are too many unnecessary characters. It takes the focus from the sweet ninja action I want from a book titled "The Ninja." A good editor could easily chop 25% out of
THE NINJA was first published in Great Britain forty years ago (1980). It ended up in my hands as I bought it after reading the book BE by A.C. PING last year (2019) because he used a quote from the book that I thought was quite profound. In fact, it was a test for myself to read THE NINJA to see if I would find the excerpt in the book and underline it to see if it had the same impact on me. It did...here is the part that drew me to the book: One cannot learn wisdom by sitting at anothers feet.
Rather than just do a blurb, let me paste some points from a personal analysis I did of the story.OVERALL FEELING: Excellent understanding of the Eastern life and culture; great pacing; lots of intricate weaving of plotSYNOPSIS: Nicholas Linnear (notice the last name; straight as an arrow) is at a crossroads in his life; he has just left his job and met a younger woman with some psychological problems. To top it off, his old nemesis, who he doesn't know about, is on the prowl, wiping people out
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