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The Snow Kimono
Mark Henshaw
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Description for The Snow Kimono
Paperback. Brilliantly written literary fiction with the tension and twists of a thriller. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
On the same day that a retired French police inspector receives a letter from a woman claiming to be his daughter, he returns to his apartment to find a stranger waiting for him on his doorstep. That stranger is a Japanese man called Tadashi Omura, and the men end up telling each other their life stories, transporting us back to Japan and Algeria. As we try and work out the connection between the two men, one thing that's clear is that they've both led lives that have been extraordinary, dangerous and built on layers upon layers of lies.
On the same day that a retired French police inspector receives a letter from a woman claiming to be his daughter, he returns to his apartment to find a stranger waiting for him on his doorstep. That stranger is a Japanese man called Tadashi Omura, and the men end up telling each other their life stories, transporting us back to Japan and Algeria. As we try and work out the connection between the two men, one thing that's clear is that they've both led lives that have been extraordinary, dangerous and built on layers upon layers of lies.
Product Details
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472225702
SKU
V9781472225702
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99-10
About Mark Henshaw
Mark Henshaw has lived in France, Germany, Yugoslavia and the USA. He currently lives in Canberra where he was for many years curator at the National Gallery of Australia. He is now writing full-time.
Reviews for The Snow Kimono
A novel of exquisite beauty, which evades categorisation
The Times
A striking piece of work, with all the intricate, precise beauty of an origami bird
Lady
Gripping... each chapter builds on the one before, unfolding through levels of story to unpack deeper and deeper truths
Guardian
Wonderful...a novel of detection, a thriller of the ... Read more
The Times
A striking piece of work, with all the intricate, precise beauty of an origami bird
Lady
Gripping... each chapter builds on the one before, unfolding through levels of story to unpack deeper and deeper truths
Guardian
Wonderful...a novel of detection, a thriller of the ... Read more