Occupied City - David Peace
KORTE INHOUD
'We all know what this could be: we know it could be dysentery, we know it could be typhoid. In the Occupied City , we all know what this could mean -' Tokyo, January 26th, 1948. As the third year of the US Occupation of Japan begins, a man enters a downtown bank. He speaks of an outbreak of dysentery and says he is a doctor, sent by the Occupation authorities, to treat anyone who might have been exposed. Clear liquid is poured into sixteen teacups. Sixteen employees of the bank drink this liquid according to strict instructions. Within minutes twelve of them are dead, the other four unconscious. The man disappears along with some, but not all, of the bank's money. And so begins the biggest manhunt in Japanese history. In Occupied City , David Peace dramatises and explores the rumours of complicity, conspiracy and cover-up that surround the chilling case of the Teikoku Bank Massacre: of the man who was convicted of the crime, of the legacy of biological warfare programmes, and of the victims and survivors the...
1x bekroningen & co
Categorie
Details
2010Uitgever: Faber and Faber292 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0571232035ISBN-13: 9780571232031Koop dit boek tweedehands
bij volgende verkopers
1 foto's
Paperback, lichte vouw in voorkant kaft, verder in goede staat. Engelstalig. Text in English.; 2010; Reprint; Faber and Faber; 292 pagina's; Titel: Occupied City; Ref: 226927 / H24LD446
