Tokyo Station - Brossura

Cruz Smith, Martin

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0330488813 ISBN 13: 9780330488815

Casa editrice: Pan Books, 2003

Riassunto

1922, Tokyo. Harry Niles is a 'wild child', an American boy in a strange country, ignored by his missionary parents. So Harry begins to lead his own life in the Tokyo underworld. One night, he is charged with delivering a painting to an enigmatic figure, the samurai Ishigami. It is an encounter that will haunt Harry Niles forever . . . 1937, Nanking. China is under attack. The Japanese army is brutally and systematically murdering and raping the local population. In the midst of this horror, Harry finds himself face to face once again with Lieutenant Ishigami. But for the samurai warrior, their meeting leads to the greatest possible dishonour - public humiliation. 1941, Tokyo. With the attack on Pearl Harbour only days away, Japan is on the brink of war with the United States. Harry Niles has become a man of many faces. Allying himself with both sides, he treads a dangerous - but profitable - path between the fading glory of the Chrysantheum Club, where the city's banking and industrial elite meet, and the shadowy Tokyo underworld. 'An impressively clever evocation of a time in which a cast of fallible, complext characters perform an elaborate dance of death and deception' The Times

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Descrizione del libro:

Another impressive thriller from Martin Cruz Smith. 'Extraordinary story-telling... he uses urgency like a mind-bending drug; he stampedes us'. New York Times

L'autore:

Martin Cruz Smith is the author of Gorky Park, as well as Stallion Gate, Polar Star, Red Square, Rose and Havana Bay, among other novels. He lives in California with his wife and three children.

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• Editore: Pan Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0330488813
• ISBN 13: 9780330488815
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 464