{"product_id":"point-zero-seicho-matsumoto-9781913394936","title":"Point Zero","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"A master crime writer...Seichō Matsumoto's thrillers dissect Japanese society.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times.\u003c\/i\u003e A beautifully written mystery novel that takes on the taboo of Japanese prostitution catering to GIs during the American post-war occupation.\u003c\/b\u003eTokyo 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.\u003cp\u003eShe discovers he had been a police officer in Tokyo after the war, keeping watch over \u003ci\u003epan pan\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Do you aspire to be a connoisseur of the best international crime fiction? If so, Seicho Matsumoto's \u003ci\u003ePoint Zero\u003c\/i\u003e should be on your bedside table. Become acquainted with a crime master.\" \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seicho Matsumoto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 191339493X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913394936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bitter Lemon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2024 pg. 47","brand":"Seicho Matsumoto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44129014612223,"sku":"9781913394936","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52e44610-5ae3-4e2d-9935-c4b4b3ccf4c3.jpg?v=1687461625","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/point-zero-seicho-matsumoto-9781913394936","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}