Tokyo Redux

A novel about one of history's greatest unsolved mysteries, set in 1949 Japan during the US occupation, by one of Britain's most original writers. American Detective Harry Sweeney leads the investigation for General MacArthur's GHQ. Fifteen years later, Hideki Murota, a former policeman during the Occupation period, is given a case that forces him to confront a time, place, and crime he's been hiding from for fifteen years.

Format: Hardback
Length: 480 pages
Publication date: 03 June 2021
Publisher: Faber & Faber

A novel that delves into one of history's greatest unsolved mysteries, penned by one of Britain's most innovative writers. Typically brilliant, this murder mystery takes place in 1949 Japan, amidst the US occupation. With his usual flair for language and characterization, Peace weaves a captivating tale.

ADRIAN MCKINTY, the author of "The Chain," praises this work, stating, "Tokyo, July 1949, President Shimoyama, Head of the National Railways of Japan, goes missing just a day after serving notice of 30,000 job losses. In the midst of the US Occupation, against the backdrop of widespread social, political, and economic reforms, as tensions and confusion reign, American Detective Harry Sweeney leads the missing person's investigation for General MacArthur's GHQ."

Fifteen years later, Tokyo is thriving. As the city prepares for the 1964 Olympics and the global spotlight, Hideki Murota, a former policeman during the Occupation period, and now a private investigator, is tasked with a case that forces him to confront a time, a place, and a crime he has been hiding from for the past fifteen years.

Over twenty years later, in the autumn and winter of 1988, as the Emperor Showa is nearing his end, Donald Reichenbach, an aging American, eking out a living teaching and translating, sits by the Shinobazu Pond in Ueno, knowing that the final reckoning of the greatest mystery of the Showa Era rests upon him.

Weight: 718g
Dimension: 164 x 241 x 45 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780571232000
Edition number: Main