Tokyo Redux

Review In these lazy days of conformity and censorship, David Peace continues to experiment and excite. Tokyo Redux represents another peak in a genuinely diverse and original body of work. This is hard-hitting, hypnotic, committed storytelling from a master craftsman. His words flow through a maze the reader will never want to leave. And in this case never will. -- John King Another typically brilliant and idiosyncratic neo noir from one of our finest novelists. A murder mystery set in 1949 Japan during the US occupation it has all of Peace's usual flair for language and characterization with an additional delicious layer of Pynchonesque baroque conspiracy. I loved it. -- Adrian McKinty A masterpiece and a classic . . . it speaks so much to the world as it is now. -- Anna Sherman Written in Peace's signature brutalist, post-modern style, Tokyo Redux looks to be the most stone-cold crime novel of 2021. ― CrimeReads Peace [is] near his best in this powerful, overwhelming novel, in which genre excitement steadily gives way to the uncannier frisson of being plugged into a current of secret knowledge. -- Anthony Cummins ― Observer A mighty slab of a novel . . . [Peace is] always worth reading. ― Daily Mail Peace's most James Ellroy-like book yet . . . a powerful, stirring read. ― The Times Many novels are hyped as "polyphonic", but Peace's now complete Tokyo trilogy truly is, brilliantly summoning forth multiple voices in the soundscape of a city gripped by seismic change. ― Guardian, Book of the Day Tokyo Redux is noir murder mystery as arthouse movie. -- Adrian McKinty ― Sydney Morning Herald In his best work, as Tokyo Redux is, Peace gazes into the abyss, daring readers to stare alongside him. ― New York Times Product Description 'A powerful, stirring read.' The Times 'Typically brilliant . I loved it.' Adrian McKinty 'The most stone-cold crime novel of 2021.' CrimeReads Tokyo, July 1949. President Shimoyama, Head of the National Railways of Japan, goes missing. American Detective Harry Sweeney leads the missing person's investigation. Fifteen years later, the city prepares for the 1964 Olympics and the global spotlight. Hideki Murota, a private investigator, is given a case which forces him to confront a crime he's been hiding from. Over twenty years on, late 1988. The Emperor Showa is dying. Donald Reichenbach, an ageing American, knows the final reckoning of the greatest mystery of the Showa Era is down to him. 'I was knocked out, transported and lost in David Peace's Tokyo . an extraordinary novel.' Hideo Yokoyama 'Many novels are hyped as "polyphonic", but Peace's now complete Tokyo trilogy truly is, brilliantly summoning forth multiple voices in the soundscape of a city gripped by seismic change.' Guardian, Book of the Day Book Description Described by The Times as his 'most James Ellroy-like book yet . . . a powerful, stirring read' the paperback of the final book of David Peace's Tokyo Trilogy, about one of Japan's great unsolved mysteries. About the Author David Peace - named in 2003 as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists - was born and brought up in Yorkshire. He is the author of eleven novels including the Red Riding Quartet, adapted for television by Channel Four in 2009, GB84, which was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, The Damned Utd, Red or Dead, which was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize in 2013, and most recently Tokyo Redux. He lives in Tokyo.