The 47th samurai : a Bob Lee Swagger novel / Stephen Hunter.
By: Hunter, Stephen.
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BookPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2007Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.Description: 372 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780743238090; 0743238095.Other title: Forty-seventh samurai.Subject(s): Swagger, Earl (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Swagger, Bob Lee (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction | Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction | Swagger, Earl (Fictional character) -- Fiction | Swagger, Bob Lee (Fictional character) -- Fiction | Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction | Homicide -- Fiction | Criminal investigation -- Fiction | Mystery fictionGenre/Form: Mystery fiction.DDC classification: 813/.54 Summary: Retired marine Bob Lee Swagger agrees to help Philip Yano, whose father was killed in Iwo Jima by Bob's father, find the sword his dad fought with in World War II--which is considered a national treasure in Japan--and becomes involved in a deadly conspiracy with people who believe having possession of the sword is more important than life itself.
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Retired marine Bob Lee Swagger agrees to help Philip Yano, whose father was killed in Iwo Jima by Bob's father, find the sword his dad fought with in World War II--which is considered a national treasure in Japan--and becomes involved in a deadly conspiracy with people who believe having possession of the sword is more important than life itself.
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