The Devil of Nanking
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
14.01.2014
Verlag
Ingram Publishers ServicesSeitenzahl
368
Maße (L/B/H)
20,8/13,9/3,8 cm
Gewicht
354 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-8021-2219-3
"Dazzling . . . In this extremely creepy book, Hayder's third, the diabolically gifted British author spins a fascinating mystery from the legacy of Japanese atrocities during World War II.?-Entertainment Weekly
"A haunting, lyrical, disturbing, important, suspenseful, wonderfully written and beautiful book. You will love reading it, and you will not soon forget the experience.?-Harlan Coben
Grey has a lot to prove and even more to hide. A young Englishwoman obsessed with a past she cannot understand, she has come to Tokyo following rumors of a rare piece of film footage shot during the notorious Nanking Massacre in 1937, which has been lost for decades. But the only man who can help, a survivor of the massacre and now a visiting professor at a prestigious Tokyo university, will have nothing to do with her. Increasingly desperate in an alien city, Grey accepts a job as a hostess in an upmarket nightspot catering to Japanese businessmen and wealthy yakuza, where one gangster-an old man in a wheelchair surrounded by a terrifying entourage, rumored to rely on a powerful elixir for his continued health-might be the key to the answers Grey seeks. Taut and gritty, with the redolent atmosphere of Ian Rankin and the spine-tingling characters of Thomas Harris, The Devil of Nanking is a tour de force that confirms Mo Hayder as a thriller writer of the first order.
"Wrenching . . . A beautifully controlled thriller about culture clash . . . Scary.?-Douglas Wolk, The New York Times Book Review
"There is a terrible beauty to both narratives as they unfold toward an agonizing but inevitable conclusion, with the two stories dovetailing exquisitely . . . The Devil of Nanking just may be one of the best books of the year.?-Tom and Enid Schantz, The Denver Post
"A haunting, lyrical, disturbing, important, suspenseful, wonderfully written and beautiful book. You will love reading it, and you will not soon forget the experience.?-Harlan Coben
Grey has a lot to prove and even more to hide. A young Englishwoman obsessed with a past she cannot understand, she has come to Tokyo following rumors of a rare piece of film footage shot during the notorious Nanking Massacre in 1937, which has been lost for decades. But the only man who can help, a survivor of the massacre and now a visiting professor at a prestigious Tokyo university, will have nothing to do with her. Increasingly desperate in an alien city, Grey accepts a job as a hostess in an upmarket nightspot catering to Japanese businessmen and wealthy yakuza, where one gangster-an old man in a wheelchair surrounded by a terrifying entourage, rumored to rely on a powerful elixir for his continued health-might be the key to the answers Grey seeks. Taut and gritty, with the redolent atmosphere of Ian Rankin and the spine-tingling characters of Thomas Harris, The Devil of Nanking is a tour de force that confirms Mo Hayder as a thriller writer of the first order.
"Wrenching . . . A beautifully controlled thriller about culture clash . . . Scary.?-Douglas Wolk, The New York Times Book Review
"There is a terrible beauty to both narratives as they unfold toward an agonizing but inevitable conclusion, with the two stories dovetailing exquisitely . . . The Devil of Nanking just may be one of the best books of the year.?-Tom and Enid Schantz, The Denver Post
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