{"product_id":"point-zero","title":"Point Zero","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A master crime writer...Seichō Matsumoto's thrillers dissect Japanese society.\"--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e A\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003ebeautifully written mystery novel that takes on the taboo of Japanese prostitution catering to GIs during the American post-war occupation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe discovers he had been a police officer in Tokyo\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eafter the war\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, keeping watch over \u003ci\u003epan pan\u003c\/i\u003e girls, Japanese prostitutes catering to GIs. Some of these\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ewomen\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003ehave created a new life in Kanazawa\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eand may have\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003etake\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003en\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eextreme measures to hide their past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\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\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Point Zero","offer_id":50872369610949,"sku":null,"price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-913394-93-6.jpg?v=1793761945","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/point-zero","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}