City of Refuge

by Kenzo Kitakata

Overview

He killed them. No regrets, no excuses. Now, all he needs to do is run. if that means having to kidnap a boy, then together they ll find a city of refuge.

The fourth and latest novel by the Japanese don of hardboiled to be translated into english, City of Refuge was also Kitakata's first foray into the crime genre after a decade of penning literary fiction. Pick up this gem to find out why North American reviewers have been comparing him to Mickey Spillane, James M. Cain, Takeshi Kitano, and Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781647292461
Publisher:	Kodansha USA
Publication date:	10/18/2022
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Award winning author of The Cage, Winter Sleep, and Ashes, Kenzo Kitakata is the undisputed don of hardboiled and mystery writing in Japan. Of his more than one hundred novels, none have gone out of print.

Awards and Honors:
1982, Japan Adventure Writing Association Award ; Yoshikawa Eiji Award for Sleepless Nights
1983, Japan Adventure Writing Association Award for The Cage
1984, Japan Mystery Writers Association Award for Thirsty Town;Kadokawa Fiction Award for The Past: Remember
1985, Bungei Award for The Street With No Tomorrow
1990, Shibata Renzaburo Prize, Vanquishing Star
2005, Shiba Ryotaro Prize for Tales of the Water Margin

Editorial Reviews

". While Kitakata does not yet have the movie-based appeal of Koji Suzuki, his tales of gangsters and artists take the elements of American crime fiction and substitute culturally adventurous choices for readers who like to have their worlds upended. And since the world of crime fiction is essentially all about having your world upended, it stands to reason that these novels will offer some dark delights. " - Ain't It Cool News

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