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Taroko Gorge
Jacob Ritari
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Description for Taroko Gorge
Paperback. From a 22-year-old author comes an international suspense novel about three Japanese schoolgirls who disappear into Taiwan's largest national park. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 371.
A disillusioned and raggedy American reporter and his drunken photojournalist partner are the last to see three Japanese schoolgirls who disappear into Taroko Gorge, Taiwan's largest national park. The journalists--who are themselves suspects-- investigate the disappearance along with the girls' homeroom teacher, their bickering classmates, and a seasoned and wary Taiwanese detective. The conflicts between them--complicated by the outrageousness of the photographer and the raging hormones of the young--raise questions of personal responsibility, truthfulness, and guarded self-interest. The world and its dangers--both natural and interpersonal--are real, changing, and violently pressing. And the emotions that churn in dark rooms overnight as ... Read more
A disillusioned and raggedy American reporter and his drunken photojournalist partner are the last to see three Japanese schoolgirls who disappear into Taroko Gorge, Taiwan's largest national park. The journalists--who are themselves suspects-- investigate the disappearance along with the girls' homeroom teacher, their bickering classmates, and a seasoned and wary Taiwanese detective. The conflicts between them--complicated by the outrageousness of the photographer and the raging hormones of the young--raise questions of personal responsibility, truthfulness, and guarded self-interest. The world and its dangers--both natural and interpersonal--are real, changing, and violently pressing. And the emotions that churn in dark rooms overnight as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Unbridled Books United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Lakewood, CO, United States
ISBN
9781936071654
SKU
V9781936071654
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99-15
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