by David Peace (Author)
This is the second book in the acclaimed Tokyo Trilogy, from the author of GB84 and The Damned Utd. Tokyo, January 26th, 1948. As the third year of the US Occupation of Japan begins, a man enters a downtown bank. He speaks of an outbreak of dysentery and says he is a doctor, sent by the Occupation authorities. Clear liquid is poured into sixteen teacups. Sixteen employees of the bank drink this liquid according to strict instructions. Within minutes twelve of them are dead, the other four unconscious. The man disappears along with some, but not all, of the bank's money. And so begins the biggest manhunt in Japanese history. In Occupied City, David Peace dramatises and explores the rumours of complicity, conspiracy and cover-up that surround the chilling case of the Teikoku Bank Massacre: of the man who was convicted of the crime, of the legacy of biological warfare programmes, and of the victims and survivors themselves.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: Main - Re-issue
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 24 Dec 2009
ISBN 10: 0571232035
ISBN 13: 9780571232031
Book Overview: Occupied City by David Peace is the second book in the acclaimed Tokyo Trilogy, and a fitting sequel to the Red Riding quartet.