{"product_id":"point-zero-paperback","title":"Point Zero - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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\u003e\u003c\/p\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","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374370586847,"sku":"9781913394936","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/kAy5DNpBf9781913394936.webp?v=1789178842","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/point-zero-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}