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Point Zero - Seicho Matsumoto

English
2024-02-15
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"A master crime writer...Seichล Matsumoto's thrillers dissect Japanese society."--The New York Times. A beautifully written mystery novel that takes on the taboo of Japanese prostitution catering to GIs during the American post-war occupation. Tokyo 1958, Teiko marries Kenichi Uhara, ten years her senior, an advertising man recommended by an intermediary. After a four-day honeymoon, Kenichi vanishes. Teiko ... Full description

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"A master crime writer...Seichล Matsumoto's thrillers dissect Japanese society."--The New York Times. A beautifully written mystery novel that takes on the taboo of Japanese prostitution catering to GIs during the American post-war occupation. Tokyo 1958, Teiko marries Kenichi Uhara, ten years her senior, an advertising man recommended by an intermediary. After a four-day honeymoon, Kenichi vanishes. Teiko travels to the coastal and snow-bound city of Kanazawa, where Kenichi was last seen, to investigate his disappearance.She discovers he had been a police officer in Tokyo after the war, keeping watch over pan pan girls, Japanese prostitutes catering to GIs. Some of these women have created a new life in Kanazawa and may have taken extreme measures to hide their past."Do you aspire to be a connoisseur of the best international crime fiction? If so, Seicho Matsumotoโ€™s Point Zero should be on your bedside table. Become acquainted with a crime master." Financial Times

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Author Seicho Matsumoto
Publisher Bitter Lemon Press
Release year 2024
Cover type Softcover
EAN 9781913394936
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