Tokyo Year Zero

Part one of David Peace's 'Tokyo Trilogy', and a stunning literary thriller in its own right, from the bestselling author of GB84 and The Damned Utd. August 1946. One year on from surrender and Tokyo lies broken and bleeding at the feet of its American victors. Against this extraordinary historical backdrop, Tokyo Year Zero opens with the discovery of the bodies of two young women in Shiba Park.

Against his wishes, Detective Minami is assigned to the case; as he gets drawn ever deeper into these complex and horrific murders, he realises that his own past and secrets are indelibly linked to those of the dead women and their killer. Review: Part historical stunner, part Kurosawa crime film, an original all the way.

David Peace's depiction of a war-torn metropolis both crumbling and ascendant is peerless, and the story itself is beautifully wrought. --James Ellroy Brilliant, perplexing, claustrophobic. . . . Exhilarating. -- The New York Times Book Review The big post-war Japan novel, a fierce marriage of mood and narrative drive.

David Peace continues to polish and advance his particular brand of literary crime fiction. --George Pelecanos Once this hellish locomotive of a book hooks onto its tracks it becomes difficult to stop. -- San Francisco Chronicle