Point Zero
Seicho Matsumoto
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Belletristik / Krimis, Thriller, Spionage
Beschreibung
A triumph by Seicho Matsumoto (1909-1992), the master of Japanese mystery writing. A beautifully written novel that takes on the taboo of Japanese prostitution catering to GIs during the American post-war occupation.
Tokyo 1958, Teiko marries Kenichi Uehara, ten years her senior, an advertising man recommended by an intermediary. After a four-day honeymoon, Kenichi vanishes. Keito travels to the coastal and snow-bound city of Kanazawa, where Kenishi was last seen, to investigate his disappearance. She discovers that 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 take n extreme measures to hide their past.
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Japan Mystery Japanese Fiction seicho Matsumoto Tokyo us occupation GIs kanazawa zero focus pan pan girls 1950s prostitution noto