Tokyo Trilogy: Occupied City Lib/E (Audiobook)

from TigsW

Peace's books are a seriously hard read. It takes quite a while to get used to the idiosyncratic styles he adopts in his various books. But, they are worth every bit of effort you put into them. This story is about the post-war fall-out of the Japanese biological warfare experiments undertaken in...

from CBJames

On January 26, 1948, someone posing as a health officer entered the Teikoku Bank in a Tokyo suburb and simultaneously poisoned 16 people, 12 of whom died. After an extensive police investigation, Hirasawa Sadamichi, a tempera painter, was arrested and convicted of the murders. His guilt was immed...

from woolenthusiast

This book is written in a really interesting and innovative way. A really good read for a book group there is a lot to discuss.

from Larxol

David Peace's novels have been recognized for the somber grays and blacks in which he paints his characters and stories. He is certainly the noirest of today's writers. With Occupied City, the second of a promised trilogy set in post-war Tokyo, he's let the scene-setting and the grimness take ove...

from Opinionated

mmm, well what to say? I enjoyed Tokyo Year Zero a great deal - the experimentation with form helped add to the feeling of brooding and collapse that underpinned the whole story. With this one though, I thought the experimentation undermined the atmosphere. Whilst I appreciate the attempt to recr...