The Kaisho [Import] [Paperback]

ERIC LUSTBADER (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 640 pages
• Publisher: POCKET BOOKS; Advance copy edition (1993)
• ISBN-10: 000224330X
• ISBN-13: 978-0002243308
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,246,970 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Eric Van Lustbader is the author of more than twenty-five best-selling novels, including The Ninja, a New York Times bestseller for 24 weeks, in which he introduced Nicholas Linnear, one of modern fictions most beloved and enduring heroes. His New York Times bestselling novel, "The Testament," was published in September, 2006 and in paperback in August, 2007.
His novels have been translated into over twenty languages; his books are best-sellers worldwide and are so popular whole sections of bookstores from Bangkok to Dublin are devoted to them. The Ninja was sold to 20th Century-Fox. It is now in pre-production.
Mr. Lustbader is a graduate of Columbia College, with a degree in Sociology. Before turning to writing full time, he enjoyed highly successful careers in the New York City public school system, where he holds licenses in both elementary and early childhood education, and in the music business. He is a second-level Reiki master.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Kaisho is absorbing, May 31, 2000

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Rebecca Brown "rebeccasreads" (Clallam Bay, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The KAISHO (Paperback)

Like a Steven Spielberg movie, an Eric Lustbader book covers a lot of ground, a lot of time & a lot of people. You have to put aside your workaday impatience & sit & receive his words as you would a cup of fresh tea. With his rich imagery, his deft craft that brings to life the serenity of a Japanese tea ceremony or the primitive, shape-shifting of ancient Asian hill people; or the old & wondrous waterroads & buildings of mystical Venice or the starkly bland American Mafia enclaves, you learn that Mr. Lustbader will not disappoint. A lusty read. For my full review please go to: ( )

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Walked in late, March 4, 2005

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Joan I. Wendland "miss_management" (Sterling, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The KAISHO (Paperback)

I was given this book for free and read it without having read any of the previous books in this series. Despite that handicap I found the book instantly captivating. A liberal use of flashbacks kept me from getting lost - although this might have been a bit boring for faithful readers of the series. Lustbader keeps quite a few plots going at once and deftly weaves them into an almost complete picture in the end. The loose ends are deliberate so we will rush out and buy the next in the series. I certainly plan to.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars i expected more, May 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The KAISHO (Paperback)

the book has one big saving grace. it has a interesting way of making us think about honor. how we define it. the action gets way to mystical for my liking but some of the japanese characters are very interesting. if you have read the others then read this one.