Tokyo Station [Paperback]

Martin Cruz Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2003

1922, Tokyo. Harry Niles is a 'wild child', an American boy in a strange country, ignored by his missionary parents. So Harry begins to lead his own life in the Tokyo underworld. One night, he is charged with delivering a painting to an enigmatic figure, the samurai Ishigami. It is an encounter that will haunt Harry Niles forever ...1937, Nanking. China is under attack. The Japanese army is brutally and systematically murdering and raping the local population. In the midst of this horror, Harry finds himself face to face once again with Lieutenant Ishigami. But for the samurai warrior, their meeting leads to the greatest possible dishonour - public humiliation. 1941, Tokyo. With the attack on Pearl Harbour only days away, Japan is on the brink of war with the United States. Harry Niles has become a man of many faces. Allying himself with both sides, he treads a dangerous - but profitable - path between the fading glory of the Chrysantheum Club, where the city's banking and industrial elite meet, and the shadowy Tokyo underworld. 'An impressively clever evocation of a time in which a cast of fallible, complext characters perform an elaborate dance of death and deception' The Times

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About the Author

Martin Cruz Smith is the author of Gorky Park, as well as Stallion Gate, Polar Star, Red Square, Rose and Havana Bay, among other novels. He lives in California with his wife and three children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan (August 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0330488813
• ISBN-13: 978-0330488815
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #998,793 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Martin Cruz-Smith's novels include Stalin's Ghost, Gorky Park, Rose, December 6, Polar Star and Stallion Gate. A two-time winner of the Hammett Prize from the International Association of Crime Writers and a recipient of Britain's Golden Dagger Award, he lives in California.

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183 of 186 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This book is "December 6" with a different title., July 7, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Tokyo Station (Hardcover)

For anyone that is not aware of it, this book is the British Edition of Martin Cruz's last published title "December 6", with a different title, assumably altered for some reason to better fit the British marketplace, although I'm sure the fact that many people will get confused and purchase the book twice is not a negative factor to the publisher. So if you have already read "December 6", there is no reason to get this book, unless you are a collector who wants the binding variant.

67 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars BEWARE: THIS IS "DECEMBER 6" W/ A DIFFERENT NAME, September 23, 2005

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Michael S. Levitz (Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tokyo Station (Hardcover)

Great story, but don't buy it if you already have December 6. Its the same story.

63 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Same story,different name, July 3, 2005

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William Condie (Lake Worth, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tokyo Station (Paperback)

This book is the British edition of "December 6"! I bought it blind, thinking it was a CIA story . . .

So don't get taken!