Lady Joker, Volume 2
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- Synopsis
- &“A novel that portrays with devastating immensity how those on the dark fringes of society can be consumed by the darkness of their own hearts.&”—Yoko Ogawa, author of The Memory PoliceThis second half of Lady Joker, by Kaoru Takamura, the Grand Dame of Japanese crime fiction, concludes the breathtaking saga introduced in Volume I. Inspired by the real-life Glico-Morinaga kidnapping, an unsolved case that terrorized Japan for two years, Lady Joker reimagines the circumstances of this watershed episode in modern Japanese history and brings into riveting focus the lives and motivations of the victims, the perpetrators, the heroes and the villains. As the shady networks linking corporations to syndicates are brought to light, the stakes rise, and some of the professionals we have watched try to fight their way through this crisis will lose everything—some even their lives. Will the culprits ever be brought to justice? More importantly—what is justice?
- Copyright:
- 1997
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 600 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781641290302
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781641290296
- Publisher:
- Soho Press
- Date of Addition:
- 10/26/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Kaoru Takamura
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Translator:
- Allison Markin Powell
- Translator:
- Marie Iida