Tokyo Year Zero av David (Author) Peace

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<p><b>¿Brilliant.¿ </b><i>New York Times</i><br><b>¿Remarkable.¿ </b><i>Irish Times</i><br><br><br>August 1946. One year on from surrender and Tokyo lies broken and bleeding at the feet of its American victors.<br><br>Against this extraordinary historical backdrop, <i>Tokyo Year Zero</i> opens with the discovery of the bodies of two young women in Shiba Park. Against his wishes, Detective Minami is assigned to the case; as he gets drawn ever deeper into these complex and horrific murders, he realises that his own past and secrets are indelibly linked to those of the dead women and their killer.<br><br>¿A feat of prodigious and intense imagination.¿<i> The Times</i><br><br>¿A chilling tale of murder, corruption and post-war devastation.¿ <i>Observer</i> Books of the Year<br><br>¿Part historical stunner, part Kurosawa crime film, an original all the way.¿ <b>James Ellroy</b></p>