- Fiction, Americans, World War, 1939-1945, Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
Amid the imperialist fervor of late 1941 Tokyo, Harry Niles is a man with a mission -- self-preservation. But Niles was raised by missionary parents and educated in the shadows of Tokyo's underworld -- making his loyalties as dubious as his business dealings.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and relentless.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
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- Author
- Martin Cruz Smith
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 383
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Pocket, Large Print Press
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9781416577751
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“TOKYO, DEC. 5-While last-minute negotiations to avert war between the United States and Japan approached their deadline in Washington, the average citizen of Tokyo basked in unusually pleasant December weather.”
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