{"product_id":"six-four-paperback","title":"Six Four - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHideo Yokoyama\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJonathan Lloyd-Davies\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Notable Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Award-Winning Phenomenon in Its Native Japan and Already a Critically Celebrated Top-Ten Bestseller in the United Kingdom, Hideo Yokoyama's \u003ci\u003eSix Four\u003c\/i\u003e is an Unforgettable Novel by a Literary Master at the Top of His Form.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor five days, the parents of a seven-year-old Japanese schoolgirl sat and listened to the demands of their daughter's kidnapper. They would never learn his identity. And they would never see their daughter alive again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFourteen years later, the mystery remains unsolved. The police department's press officer--Yoshinobu Mikami, a former detective who was involved in the original case and who is now himself the father of a missing daughter--is forced to revisit the botched investigation. The stigma of the case known as \"Six Four\" has never faded; the police's failure remains a profound source of shame and an unending collective responsibility. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMikami does not aspire to solve the crime. He has worked in the department for his entire career, and while he has his own ambitions and loyalties, he is hoping simply to reach out to the victim's family and to help finally put the notorious case to rest. But when he spots an anomaly in the files, he uncovers secrets he never could have imagined. He would never have even looked if he'd known what he would find. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Already a bestseller in Japan and the United Kingdom, this cinematic crime novel suffused with fascinating cultural details follows a police department reinvestigating a chilling kidnapping that stumped them fourteen years earlier.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's The Must List\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003cbr\u003eHideo Yokoyama\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1957. He worked for twelve years as an investigative reporter with a regional newspaper north of Tokyo before becoming one of Japan's most acclaimed fiction writers. His exhaustive and relentless work ethic is known to mirror the intense and obsessive behavior of his characters, and in January 2003 he was hospitalized following a heart attack brought about by working nonstop for seventy-two hours. \u003ci\u003eSix Four\u003c\/i\u003e is his sixth novel, and his first to be published in English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE TRANSLATOR\u003cbr\u003eJonathan Lloyd-Davies\u003c\/b\u003e studied Japanese at the University of Durham and Chinese at Oxford. His translations include \u003ci\u003eEdge \u003c\/i\u003eby Koji Suzuki, with cotranslator Camellia Nieh; the Psyche Diver trilogy by Baku Yumemakura; \u003ci\u003eGray Men\u003c\/i\u003e by Tomotake Ishikawa; and \u003ci\u003eNan-Core\u003c\/i\u003e by Mahokaru Numata. His translation of \u003ci\u003eEdge \u003c\/i\u003ereceived the Shirley Jackson Award for best novel. Originally from Wales, he now resides in Tokyo.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772561457440,"sku":"9781250160003","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/78084c7160c83ce3b3308e977b55f5e2.webp?v=1780408529","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/six-four-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}