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| Title | : | The Devil of Nanking |
| Author | : | Mo Hayder |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 480 pages |
| Published | : | May 30th 2006 by Penguin Books (first published 2004) |
| Categories | : | Thriller. Fiction. Horror. Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction. Crime. Cultural. Japan |
Mo Hayder
Paperback | Pages: 480 pages Rating: 3.92 | 7592 Users | 891 Reviews
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Like the thrillers of Thomas Harris and Philip Kerr, Mo Hayder's riveting new novel animates the dark corners of modern history. The solitary Englishwoman Grey comes to Japan looking for a rare piece of footage that is said to document a particularly monstrous episode of the 1937 Nanking Massacre. Her quest will take her to a reclusive scholar and a wheelchair-bound gangster who clings to life with the aid of a mysterious elixir, and to a handsome American whose interest in Grey may be more sinister than romantic. The result is a work of spine-chilling suspense, masterful historical detail, and otherworldly beauty.
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| Original Title: | The Devil of Nanking |
| ISBN: | 0143036998 (ISBN13: 9780143036999) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Shi Chongming, Grey |
| Setting: | Tokyo(Japan) |
| Literary Awards: | Barry Award Nominee for Best British Crime Novel (2005) |
Rating Out Of Books The Devil of Nanking
Ratings: 3.92 From 7592 Users | 891 ReviewsJudgment Out Of Books The Devil of Nanking
Finished this a few days ago, and it might be my favorite book of the year. Terrifying. Expect a review next week!This book was haunting, I couldn't stop thinking about it after I read it. I had never heard of the Nanking massacre until I read this book, which weaves a fictional story with the factual history of Nanking. It was a story of a student with a strange obsession about the Nanking massacre, who believes there is cinematic evidence of it in Tokyo and ventures there, with little or no resources or money, to get to the truth of it. She meets with a survivor, whose story is told in flashbacks. It is
This book did not carry the fast paced, hardcore punch that I have found in other Hayder novels but its historical relevance gave it a power all its own. I believe this story carried even more weight for me because I have just recently read Iris Chang's 'The Rape of Nanking', a true story of the atrocities committed by the Japanese in their invasion of China in the 1930's. Of all the accounts of the horrors of war I have ever read, the story of Japan's treatment of the Chinese people during
You can be brave and confident as you like, you can convince yourself that youre invulnerable, that you know what youre dealing with. You think that it wont ever really get too serious--that therell be some kind of a warning before it goes that far, danger music, maybe, playing offstage, the way you get in films. But it seems to me that disasters arent like that. Disasters are lifes great ambushers: they have a way of jumping on you when your eyes are fixed on something else. Rape of Nanking
I'm torn with this one. I'm normally drawn to the darker thrillers and novels with an unreliable narrator but I found it difficult to gel with this novel. The subject matter is dark, gritty and violent but ultimately it is a thriller about guilt and redemption. Grey herself was an interesting character, I liked her sense of containment and detachment but I didn't like her particularly or the choices she had made.My major issue was the lack of real characterisation with any of the characters with
It is really hard to categorise this book. It is really scary but not a horror story (well not in the conventional sense). There is a mystery at the heart of it but it isn't crime or mystery. It is about another culture that is sometimes hard to understand and accept. It creeped me out but I had to keep reading (though I am not a fan of being scared) It was dark and sinister but not bloody and gory. It was also enlightening. My mother is Chinese and hates the Japanese, which always embarrassed
5/5 stars | Favorite Standalones Just decided to go for it because I honestly am still flipping through it daily to see if I can see anything new or figure out questions I've had - plus that writing is just beautiful!!4.5/5starsI FINALLY FINISHED IT. All it took was me getting violently sick and being forced to stay in bed rather than go out with college people for me to absolutely tear through this book - and it was INCREDIBLE.This book is sort of impossible to explain. Many people have asked
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