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| Tokyo Year Zero (Paperback – Second-hand) |
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Full blurb:
August 1946. One year on from surrender and Tokyo lies broken and bleeding at the feet of its American victors. The police are in chaos, and different factions are fighting for control of the city’s black markets. When the bodies of two young women are discovered in Shiba Park, Detective Minami is assigned to the case against his wishes. As he gets drawn ever deeper into these complex and horrific murders, he realises that his own past and secrets are indelibly linked to those of the dead women and their killer.
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First page first lines:
‘Detective Minami! Detective Minami! Detective Minami!’ I open my eyes. From dreams that are not my own. I sit up in my chair at my desk. Dreams I do not want. My collar is wet and my whole suit damp. My hair itches. My skin itches’...
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Category: Novel
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Author: David Peace
David Peace was chosen as one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists in 2003. In 2004 he won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his fifth novel, GB84, and, most recently, his highly acclaimed fictional portrait of Brian Clough, The Damned Utd, was described in The Times as ‘probably the best novel ever written about sport.’ He lived in Tokyo for around 13 years before returning to his native Yorkshire, the setting for The Red Riding Quartet.
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Publisher: Serpent's Tail
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Reviews:
‘Part historical stunner, part Kurosawa crime film, an original all the way.’ – James Ellroy.
‘A thriller that is both a gory psychological whodunit and a meditation on the origins of modern Japan’ – Observer.
‘A feat of prodigious and intense imagination.’ – The Times
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| Book code: BTD052 |
| Price: GBP £ 2.50 |
| USD $ 4.00 |
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