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001			on1402093610
003			OCoLC
005			20231208145536.0
008			230927s2023 nyu 000 f eng d
010			_a 2023936456
040			_aIOU _beng _erda _cIOU _dMJ8 _dHBP _dOJ4 _dTOH _dYDX _dHQD _dOCLCO _dOCO _dOCLCF _dYDX _dNFG
019			_a1370125989 _a1401159957 _a1405203445
020			_a9781419769474 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1419769472 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1402093610 _z(OCoLC)1370125989 _z(OCoLC)1401159957 _z(OCoLC)1405203445
037			_bHarry N Abrams Inc, C/O Hachette Book Group USA 53 State st 9th Fl, Boston, MA, USA, 02109 _nSAN 200-2205
041	1		_aeng _hjpn
092			_aISAKA, _bKOTARO
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aIsaka, Kōtarō, _d1971- _eauthor. _94534
240	1	0	_aAx
245	1	4	_aThe Mantis : _ba novel / _cKotaro Isaka ; translated from the Japanese by Sam Malissa.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bAbrams, _c2023.
264		4	_c©2023
300			_a226 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
546			_aIn English, translated from Japanese.
500			_aIncludes an extract from Three assassins.
500			_aFirst published in Japan with the title Ax in 2017.
520			_a"Kabuto is a highly skilled assassin eager to escape his dangerous profession and the hold his handler, the sinister Doctor, has over him. The Doctor, a real physician who hands over Kabuto's targets as "prescriptions" in his regular appointments with him, doesn't want to lose Kabuto as a profitable asset, but he agrees to let him pay his way out of his employment with a few last jobs. But the most lucrative jobs involve taking out other professional assassins, and Kabuto's final assignment puts him and his family--who have no idea about his double life--in danger.The third book in a loose trilogy set in Kotaro Isaka's imagined Tokyo criminal underworld, The Mantis features all the hallmarks of his work that readers have come to crave--assassins with quirky codenames and modi operandi, page-turning action sequences, madcap energy, and razor-sharp humor--making the novel a frenetic, unputdownable read that hurtles readers toward a thrilling climax." --Amazon.
650		0	_aAssassins _vFiction. _919223
650		0	_aFamilies _vFiction. _93570
650		0	_aHusband and wife _vFiction. _950248
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2lcgft _93574
655		7	_aThrillers (Fiction) _2lcgft _9465
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
700	1		_aMalissa, Sam, _etranslator.
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c378154 _d378154