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02480aam a2200433 i 4500 001 1561F9D090E311EEA8442A1A39ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231202011859 008 230927s2023 nyu 000 f eng d 010 $a 2023936456 020 $a 1419769472 020 $a 9781419769474 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1402093610 040 $a IOU $b eng $e rda $c IOU $d MJ8 $d HBP $d OJ4 $d TOH $d YDX $d HQD $d OCLCO $d OCO $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h jpn 050 4 $a PS 082 04 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Isaka, KoÌtaroÌ, $d 1971- $e author. 240 10 $a Ax 245 14 $a The Mantis : $b a novel / $c Kotaro Isaka ; translated from the Japanese by Sam Malissa. 260 $a New York, NY : $b Abrams, $c 2023. 300 $a 226 pages ; $c 24 cm 500 $a Includes an extract from Three assassins. 500 $a First 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." -- $c from the dust jacket. 546 $a In English, translated from Japanese. 650 0 $a Assassins $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Families $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Husband and wife $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Detective and mystery fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Domestic fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Thrillers (Fiction) $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Malissa, Sam, $e translator. 941 $a 4 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409045208.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20240208010033.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240125012119.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20231202012337.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1561F9D090E311EEA8442A1A39ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search