The Ninja by Eric Van Lustbader

Totally absorbing...as gripping a tale of hatred and revenge as you will read... It is superb. 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...

A curious book, detailing a large portion of the life of Nicholas Linnear and why he is the way he is. Why the mix of three different cultures has such an influence on him - his American father, (mostly) Chinese mother and the Japanese land they live in.

Who is the Ninja, why is he in America killing people. More importantly, what connects all those people? It's utterly riveting, though suffers from occasionally lengthy bits of description that, while lovely in and of themselves, do tend to detract from the otherwise enthralling narrative. Of course, that may well be the entire point of them...

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