OutKirino, Natsuo
9784770019226
All She Was Worth
Miyuki Miyabe; Alfred Birnbaum
ISBN 10: 477001922X / 4-7700-1922-X
ISBN 13: 9784770019226
Publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 13: 9784770019226
Publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
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Here is a deftly written thriller that is also a "deep and moody" (New York Times Book Review) journey through the dark side of Japan's consumer-crazed society. Ordinary people plunge into insurmountable, personal debt and fall prey to dangerous webs of underground creditors -- so dangerous, in fact, that murder may be the only way out. A beautiful young woman vanishes, and the detective quickly finds she is not whom she claimed to be. Is she a victim, a killer, or both? In a country that tracks its citizens at every turn, how can two women claim the same identity and then disappear without a trace?
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"Miyabe's first English translation was named Best Mystery of 1992 in Japan. Fans of Ross Macdonald and Julian Symons will have no trouble seeing why."
Kirkus, 11/15/1996
Review:"The sparse style and measured pace of Alfred Birnbaum's translation suit Honma's painstaking investigative methods and the somber tone of Ms. Miyabe's searching theme--the value of the individual in a consumer-mad economy that punishes debt with ruin and disgrace, even death."
Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review, 02/16/1997
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Book Description: Kodansha International February 1997, 1997. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine/Fine. 1st Edition. A crisp clean first edition (as stated) protected in a new brodart wrapper: The horror in this beautifully fashioned tale of stolen identity lies not in the cold-blooded crimes but in the motive?a desperate hunger for consumer goods. Shunsuke Honma, a widowed 43-year-old Tokyo police inspector with a 10-year-old son, is on disability leave. The boring cycle of idleness punctuated by painful physical therapy sessions comes to a halt when a nephew asks for Honma's help in finding his missing fiancee, whom he knows as Shoko Sekine. As Honma's search intensifies, he realizes the fiancee had actually assumed Sekine's identity and possibly killed her. For the American reader, the jewel in this enormously compelling novel is the portrait of working- and middle-class Japanese getting caught in a cycle of astronomical personal debt in order to enjoy the good life. Also eye-opening is Japan's elaborate registry system for keeping track of its citizenry. In order to become Shoko Sekine, the impostor had to perpetrate an ingeniously elaborate series of hoaxes and lies. Honma is tenacious, methodical, an attentive listener with a retentive memory and the ability to connect disparate bits of information. The trail takes him back through the real Sekine's history and into the life of the other woman, whose family ran afoul of vicious loan sharks. Miyabe drives her complex plot with spare prose, combining expert pacing and psychological nuance to ultimately haunting effect. (Feb.) FYI: All She Was worth was named Best Novel of the year and Best Mystery for 1992 in Japan. Bookseller Inventory # RWARE0000017465 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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