{"product_id":"9781913394936","title":"Point Zero","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\"A master crime writer...Seichō Matsumoto's thrillers dissect Japanese society.\"--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebeautifully written mystery novel that takes on the taboo of Japanese prostitution catering to GIs during the American post-war occupation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe discovers he had been a police officer in Tokyo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e after the war\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, keeping watch over \u003ci\u003epan pan\u003c\/i\u003e girls, Japanese prostitutes catering to GIs. Some of these \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ewomen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e have created a new life in Kanazawa \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eand may have \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etake\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003en\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e extreme measures to hide their past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seicho Matsumoto","offers":[{"title":"Bitter Lemon Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-04-05","offer_id":44414005969151,"sku":"9781913394936","price":25.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_39d58ae9-65c6-42dd-b426-286258aab670.jpg?v=1697660122","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781913394936","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}