End of the World Blues (Gollancz)

End of the World Blues (Gollancz)

by JonCourtenayGrimwood (Author)

Synopsis

Kit Nouveau didn't escape himself when he flew to Japan. He runs a bar in the Roppongi district of Tokyo and is having an affair with the wife of a High Yakusa ganglord. All things considered being held up at gunpoint isn't a complete shock. The pale girl in the black cloak appearing from nowhere and punching an ivory spike into the man's head on the other hand ...Nijie has stolen fifteen million dollars, she's on the run, she's just killed a man and she has a cat who knows more than it should. It's a lot to deal with when you haven't even left school. But Nijie is really Lady Neku. And it is time for her to stop mewling in the darkness. And suddenly, the girl who became Lady Neku understands she's never really been anyone else. And in a sentient castle at the end of world Lady Neku otherwise known as Baroness Nawa-no-ukiyo, Countess High Strange and chatelaine of Schloss Omga realizes that a man called Kit has stolen some of her memories.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: Export Ed
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 17 Aug 2006

ISBN 10: 0575077778
ISBN 13: 9780575077775
Book Overview: The stunning new novel from the critically acclaimed master of literary SF.
Prizes: Winner of British Science Fiction Association Award 2007. Shortlisted for Arthur C. Clarke Award 2007.

Author Bio
Jon Courtenay Grimwood is a fulltime writer. He has also been an editor of and writer for various men's magazines. He reviews SF for The Guardian.