{"product_id":"tokyo-year-zero-book-one-of-the-tokyo-trilogy-paperback","title":"Tokyo Year Zero: Book One of the Tokyo Trilogy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Peace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnblinking in its vision of a nation in a chaotic, hellish period in its history, Tokyo Year Zero is a \"brilliant, perplexing, claustrophobic ... exhilarating\" crime novel (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt's August 1946--one year after the Japanese surrender--and women are turning up dead all over Tokyo. Detective Minami of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police--irreverent, angry, despairing--goes on the hunt for a killer known as the Japanese Bluebeard--a decorated former Imperial soldier who raped and murdered at least ten women amidst the turmoil of post-war Tokyo. As he undertakes the case, Minami is haunted by his own memories of atrocities that he can no longer explain or forgive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Peace\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Red Riding Quartet, GB84, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Damned Utd\u003c\/i\u003e. He was chosen as one of \u003ci\u003eGranta's \u003c\/i\u003e2003 Best Young British Novelists, and has received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the German Crime Fiction Award, and the French Grand Prix de Roman Noir for Best Foreign Novel. Born and raised in Yorkshire, he has lived in Tokyo since 1994.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 7.98 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762661294368,"sku":"9780307276506","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/db5d11e541ce6b123316422229666b5a.webp?v=1780223124","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tokyo-year-zero-book-one-of-the-tokyo-trilogy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}