Point Zero -- Seicho Matsumoto, Paperback
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"A master crime writer...Seichō 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.
Point Zero -- Seicho Matsumoto, Paperback
$16.95
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 Matsumoto's Point Zero should be on your bedside table. Become acquainted with a crime master." Financial TimesAuthor: Seicho Matsumoto
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
Published: 3/26/2024
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55 lbs
Size: 7.7" H x 5" L x 1" W
ISBN: 9781913394936