Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Occupied city



Author: Peace, David

Title: Occupied city

Published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010

Description: 275 p. ; 25 cm.

Call Number: PR6066 E116 O25 2010

Bibliography: p. 273-274

Note(s): On January 26, 1948, a man identifying himself as a public health official arrives at a bank in Tokyo. He explains that there has been an outbreak of dysentery in the neighborhood, and he has been assigned by Occupation authorities to treat everyone who might have been exposed to the disease. Soon after drinking the medicine he administers, twelve employees are dead, four are unconscious, and the "official" has fled. Twelve voices tell the story of the murder from different perspectives. Each voice enlarges and deepens the portrait of a city and a people making their way out of a war-induced hell. First published: London: Faber and Faber, 2009

Subject(s):
  • Hirasawa, Sadamichi, 1892-1987 -- Fiction
  • Criminals -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Fiction
  • Serial murders -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Fiction
  • Bank robberies -- Fiction
  • Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction
  • Historical fiction
Review(s):
  • Morris, Gregory L. "Occupied City." Magill Book Reviews (May 2010)
  • JUSTIN, CARTWRIGHT. "Tokyo Vice." New York Times Book Review (March 21, 2010): 18
  • Walden, George. "Capital offences." New Statesman 138, no. 4962 (August 17, 2009): 44-45
Read: August 31, 2010