The devil of Nanking / Mo Hayder.
From its start in 1937, as the Japanese overrun the Chinese port of Nanking and massacre hundreds of thousands, to its narrative core in 1990, as a disturbed young British woman who calls herself Grey searches for the hidden truths that made her the mentally fragile person she is. Grey, who lives on the fringes of the academic world, tries to find out in Tokyo whether a piece of 16mm film taken during the Nanking atrocities actually exists--and whether it will ease her pain. When an elderly Chinese professor, a survivor of Nanking, at first refuses to help her, she drifts into a well-paying job as a night club hostess. Eventually, the story becomes a beautifully paced, three-way duel among an aged Japanese gangster who wants to live forever; the Chinese professor, with secrets too horrible to hide any longer; and Grey, a courageous young woman unlike any other heroine you're likely to find in a thriller.
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- ISBN: 0802117945
- ISBN: 9780802117946
- Physical Description: 363 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st American edition
- Publisher: New York : Grove Press, 2005.
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- Originally published: London : Bantam Press/Transworld Publishers, 2004.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | FIC HAY (Text) | 37810434322441 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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