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Kartik Agaram

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Trevanian: Shibumi (2005, Three Rivers Press)

NICHOLAI HEL.... Born in the ravages of WWI China to an aristocratic Russian mother and …

Review of 'Shibumi' on 'Goodreads'

"In the long run the ‘minor’ virtues are the only ones that matter. Politeness is more reliable than the moist virtues of compassion, charity, and sincerity; just as fair play is more important than the abstraction of justice. The major virtues tend to disintegrate under the pressures of convenient rationalization. But good form is good form, and stands immutable in the storm of circumstance."