Description: Point Zero, Paperback by Matsumoto, Seicho; Heal, Kawai Louise (TRN), ISBN 191339493X, ISBN-13 9781913394936, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "A master crime writer...Seicho 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.
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Book Title: Point Zero
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
Publication Year: 2024
Item Height: 0.7 in
Topic: Thrillers / Suspense, Mystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime, Linguistics / General
Genre: Fiction, Language Arts & Disciplines
Item Weight: 8.8 Oz
Item Length: 7.8 in
Author: Seicho Matsumoto
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
