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Indlæser... Tokyo Reduxaf David Peace
   Ingen Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.  bibliotecayamaguchi | Dec 1, 2021 |   In Tokyo Redux the crime involves the death of the President of Japan's Railroads, Sadanoki Shimoyama. In July, 1949, shortly before an announced railroad strike, he was run over by a train. The mystery, unsolved to this day is whether Shimoyama committed suicide, or whether he was already dead and laid on the tracks for the train to run him over (murdered). Part I of the book is set in 1949, and sets forth the known facts of the death. The investigation was headed by an American working for the occupation, Harry Sweeney. Sweeney has issues of his own (don't all good detectives?) Part II is set in 1964, the year in which the summer Olympics were held in Japan. Former policeman, current private detective Murota Hidecki is hired to find a crime writer, Kuroda, who was allegedly writing a book which would explain the Simoyama mystery. This part of the novel quickly became surreal and hallucinatory (which I don't like), and I frequently wasn't sure what was going on. I will admit to doing a lot of skimming in this part. Part III is set in 1988, the year of the death of the emperor, and the focus is on an elderly American living in Japan who may have been involved with the CIA's predecessor in occupied post-war Japan. He may hold the key to what actually happened to Shimoyama. Despite my problems with Part II, overall I liked this book. I also had some issues with the other two volumes in the trilogy, particularly the writing style, but generally liked and admired them. David Peace always writes interesting innovative books, so even though I don't always like what he's written, I'm always impressed. I read everything written by him, as soon as it is published (except his book about English football). If you've never read David Peace I recommend at least giving him a try. If the Tokyo Trilogy doesn't sound appealing, try his Red Riding Quartet, which starts with Nineteen-Seventy-Four, and is loosely based on the Yorkshire Ripper killings. 3 1/2 stars (  ) arubabookwoman | Nov 28, 2021 | hairball | Oct 30, 2021 | ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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"From the author of the highly acclaimed Tokyo Year Zero and Occupied City--an elecrifying, mesmerizing new novel about a high-profile crime that occurrs in Tokyo during the occupation and goes cold, haunting the lives of both American and Japanese investigators for the next forty years. Tokyo, July 1949: the president of the Japanese National Railways goes missing just a day after announcing 30,000 layoffs. In the midst of the U.S. occupation, against the backdrop of widespread social, political, and economic reforms, as tensions and confusion reign, American Detective Harry Sweeney--fighting against his own disillusion and demons--leads the missing person's investigation. Fifteen years later, a resurgent Tokyo prepares for the 1964 Olympics and the global spotlight. Private investigator Hideki Murota, a former policeman during the occupation, is given a case that forces him to go back to confront a time, a place, and the crime he's been hiding from for the past fifteen years. More than twenty years later, in the autumn and winter of 1988, as the Emperor Showa is dying, Donald Reichenbach, an aging American, eking out a living in Japan teaching and translating, discovers that the final reckoning of the greatest mystery of the Showa Era is now up to him to solve"-- Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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En 1964, mientras el país prepara los Juegos Olímpicos, al expolicía Hideki Murota, le encargan averiguar qué ha sido de Roman Kuroda, escritor obsesionado con el misterio Shimoyama. Su editor le ha dado un cuantioso anticipo para que escriba el gran libro sobre el caso y el plazo del contrato está a punto de expirar.
Y en el otoño de 1988, mientras el emperador Hirohito agoniza, Donald Reichenbach, el afamado traductor estadounidense afincado en Japón, recibe la visita de una joven compatriota. Viene a exigirle información sobre los lejanos días en los que un joven Reichenbach trabajaba para el contraespionaje americano en el país del sol naciente.
Tokio Redux es la historia de tres hombres atrapados en el asesinato de Sadanori Shimoyama, una espectacular novela negra de corte clásico a la que David Peace ha dedicado diez años y que pone broche de oro a su Trilogía de Tokio.