All She Was Worth
All She Was Worth by Mariner Books at Translate This Website. Hurry! Limited time offer. Offer valid only while supplies last. Here is a deftly written thriller that is also a ''deep and moody'' (NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW) journey through the dark side of Japan's consumer-crazed society. Ordinary people plunge into insurmountable personal debt and fall prey to dangerous webs of underground creditors-so dangerous, in fact, that murder may be the only way out. A beautiful young woman vanishes, and the detective quickly finds she is not whom she claims to be. Is she a victim, a killer, or both? In a country that tracks
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Here is a deftly written thriller that is also a "deep and moody" (NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW) journey through the dark side of Japan's consumer-crazed society. Ordinary people plunge into insurmountable personal debt and fall prey to dangerous webs of underground creditors-so dangerous, in fact, that murder may be the only way out. A beautiful young woman vanishes, and the detective quickly finds she is not whom she claims to be. Is she a victim, a killer, or both? In a country that tracks its citizens at every turn, how can two women claim the same identity and then disappear without a trace? Recovering from a leg injury, a 43-year-old Tokyo police inspector named Shunsuke Honma realizes how out of touch he has become when a relative asks him to make some private inquiries into the disappearance of his fiancée. While he wasn't paying attention, it seems that everyone in the country but Honma has been caught up in a consumer feeding frenzy--going into heavy debt and declaring bankruptcy at a snowballing rate. This engrossing story of the search for happiness through shopping marks the first appearance in English of one of Japan's leading writers.
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| Manufacturer: | Mariner Books |
| Publisher: | Mariner Books |
| Studio: | Mariner Books |
| UPC: | 046442966580 |
| EAN: | 9780395966587 |
| Item Weight: | 0.66 pounds |
| Item Size: | 0.68 x 8.25 x 8.25 inches |
| Package Weight: | 0.71 pounds |
| Package Size: | 5.51 x 0.87 x 0.87 inches |
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