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The Mantis Good dad or good assassin? Can he be both? From the internationally bestselling author of Bullet Train - A seemingly ordinary family man tries to juggle his home life with his job as a hitman. Shortlisted for the CWA Dagger Award for Best Thriller...
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The Mantis
Good dad or good assassin? Can he be both?
From the internationally bestselling author of Bullet Train - A seemingly ordinary family man tries to juggle his home life with his job as a hitman.
Shortlisted for the CWA Dagger Award for Best Thriller
Kabuto is an ordinary guy; stressed with work, hassled by his wife, and disrespected by his teenage son. No wonder he visits his doctor so often. Except the 'Doctor' is actually his handler, and Kabuto is a hired assassin. Because although he may seem like a small man at home, Kabuto is really good at killing people.
But Kabuto is worn out with the business of murder. So he's trying to pay his way out with a few last jobs. But when the final assignment puts his unsuspecting family in danger, Kabuto realises he is going to need every deadly skill he knows to keep them alive.
Praise for Kotaro Isaka:
'Showcases Isaka's Tarantinoesque blend of offbeat wit and stylised violence' The Times
'Unusual and thoroughly enjoyable' Guardian
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529920666
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 April 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage
Contributors:
- Translated by Sam Malissa
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 17.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 194g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Kotaro Isaka (Author) Kotaro Isaka is a bestselling and multi-award-winning writer who is published around the world. He has won the Shincho Mystery Club Award, Mystery Writers of Japan Award, Japan Booksellers' Award and the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize and fourteen of his books have been adapted for film or TV. He is the author of the international bestseller Bullet Train, which was made into a major film starring Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock. Sam Malissa (Translator) Sam Malissa holds a PhD in Japanese Literature from Yale University. He has translated fiction by Toshiki Okada, Shun Medoruma, and Hideo Furukawa, among others.
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