{"product_id":"point-zero-9781913394936","title":"Point Zero","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"A master crime writer...Seichō Matsumoto's thrillers dissect Japanese society.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times.\u003c\/i\u003e A beautifully written mystery novel that takes on the taboo of Japanese prostitution catering to GIs during the American post-war occupation.\u003c\/b\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.\u003cp\u003eShe discovers he had been a police officer in Tokyo after the war, keeping watch over \u003ci\u003epan pan\u003c\/i\u003e girls, Japanese prostitutes catering to GIs. Some of these women have created a new life in Kanazawa and may have taken extreme measures to hide their past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Do you aspire to be a connoisseur of the best international crime fiction? If so, Seicho Matsumoto's \u003ci\u003ePoint Zero\u003c\/i\u003e should be on your bedside table. Become acquainted with a crime master.\" \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15960687\"\u003eSeicho Matsumoto\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bitter Lemon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913394936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 191339493X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC022080\"\u003eMystery \u0026amp; Detective | International Crime \u0026amp; Mystery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC030000\"\u003eThrillers | Suspense\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC108000\"\u003eWorld Literature | Japan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Author and the Translator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeichō Matsumoto\u003c\/b\u003e (1909-1982) was Japan's most successful mystery writer. His first detective novel, \u003ci\u003ePoints and Lines\u003c\/i\u003e, sold over a million copies in Japan. \u003ci\u003eVessel of Sand\u003c\/i\u003e, published in English as \u003ci\u003eInspector Imanishi Investigates\u003c\/i\u003e in1989, sold over four million copies and became a movie box-office hit. Bitter Lemon published his novel \u003ci\u003eA Quiet Place\u003c\/i\u003e in 2016. \u003cb\u003eLouise Heal Kawai\u003c\/b\u003e comes from Manchester. She has spent the past twenty years Japan and currently lives in Yokohama. Her translations include Daido Tamaki's \u003cem\u003eMilk\u003c\/em\u003e, Tendo Shoko's best-selling autobiography \u003cem\u003eYakuza Moon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e, and for Bitter Lemon, Matsumoto's A Quiet Place.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Bitter Lemon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51409838145833,"sku":"9781913394936","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/img_1f500181-37d2-406f-b3a2-c9616b454edc.jpg?v=1761238063","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/point-zero-9781913394936","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}