Three Assassins
Kotaro Isaka author Sam Malissa translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:16th Feb '23
Should be back in stock very soon
Three killers. One plan. No one gets out clean.
When Suzuki’s wife is murdered, he infiltrates the criminal underworld to find those responsible - only to discover a trio of professional assassins, each with a signature method and a deadly philosophy.
THE WHALE convinces his victims to take their own lives using just his words.
THE CICADA is a talkative and deadly knife expert.
THE PUSHER dispatches his targets in deadly traffic 'accidents'.
Fast, funny and full of twists, Three Assassins spins revenge into a gripping and unputdownable ride.
‘Showcases Kotaro Isaka's Tarantinoesque blend of offbeat wit and stylised violence’ The Times
‘Highly entertaining... grips with plenty of twists’ Sunday Express
Three Assassins...showcases Kotaro Isaka's Tarantinoesque blend of offbeat wit and stylised violence -- James Owen * The Times *
[A] mesmerising tale of how life is simultaneously cheap and precious, and the past catches up with us all. -- Laura Wilson * Guardian *
Highly entertaining... grips with plenty of twists before delivering a stylish and fitting finale -- Jon Coates * Sunday Express *
Delivers an unusual journey. The eponymous killers - along with a man bent on payback
for the death of his wife - are engaged in a dance of death
Isaka knows how to keep his readers on their toes. His characters are colourful, varied and morally despicable. * Crime Fiction Lover *
Entertaining...high-speed...with lots of twists and turns...it has a Tarantino-meets-the-Coen-Brothers feel to it * The Times, on BULLET TRAIN *
Unlike anything you're likely to have read before...white-hot with double-crosses * Financial Times, on BULLET TRAIN *
High-octane...an unusual and thoroughly enjoyable read * Guardian, on BULLET TRAIN *
ISBN: 9781529115512
Dimensions: 199mm x 130mm x 19mm
Weight: 214g
304 pages