The Devil of Nanking
Like the thrillers of Thomas Harris and Philip Kerr, Mo Hayder's riveting new novel animates the dark corners of modern history. The solitary Englishwoman Grey comes to Japan looking for a rare piece of footage that is said to document a particularly monstrous episode of the 1937 Nanking...
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Like the thrillers of Thomas Harris and Philip Kerr, Mo Hayder's riveting new novel animates the dark corners of modern history. The solitary Englishwoman Grey comes to Japan looking for a rare piece of footage that is said to document a particularly monstrous episode of the 1937 Nanking Massacre. Her quest will take her to a reclusive scholar and a wheelchair-bound gangster who clings to life with the aid of a mysterious elixir, and to a handsome American whose interest in Grey may be more sinister than romantic. The result is a work of spine-chilling suspense, masterful historical detail, and otherworldly beauty.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780143036999 (0143036998)
ASIN: 0143036998
Publish date: 2006
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
Category:
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Asia,
Thriller,
Crime,
Horror,
Japan,
Suspense,
China,
Fiction
it's said to be a writer, you're far better off working three years as a bar hostess than getting an MFA. possibly Mo Hayder understood this; as the author's blurb mentions, she left school at fifteen and has since seen success conquering the world of publishing. her books are shilled at petrol stat...
Disturbing. Very."The thing about Jason was that he always made me feel a little bit like crying."
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