Point Zero

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Author(s)\Editor(s): Matsumoto, Seicho – – Heal Kawai, LouiseBinding: QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKSYearMonthDay of Publication: 20240326Standardized Book Category: Mystery \u0026amp; Detective – International Crime \u0026amp; MysteryLanguage: \n \n EnglishPage Count: \n \n 00320Publisher Marketing: \n \n \”A master crime writer…Seichō 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.\”Do you aspire to be a connoisseur of the best international crime fiction? If so, Seicho Matsumoto’s Point Zero should be on your bedside table. Become acquainted with a crime master.\” Financial Times