{"product_id":"9781250160003","title":"Six Four : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSix Four\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Hideo Yokoyama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e • \u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Notable Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Award-Winning Phenomenon in Its Native Japan and Already a Critically Celebrated Top-Ten Bestseller in the United Kingdom, Hideo Yokoyama’s \u003ci\u003eSix Four\u003c\/i\u003e is an Unforgettable Novel by a Literary Master at the Top of His Form.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor five days, the parents of a seven-year-old Japanese schoolgirl sat and listened to the demands of their daughter’s kidnapper. They would never learn his identity. And they would never see their daughter alive again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFourteen years later, the mystery remains unsolved. The police department’s press officer—Yoshinobu Mikami, a former detective who was involved in the original case and who is now himself the father of a missing daughter—is forced to revisit the botched investigation. The stigma of the case known as “Six Four” has never faded; the police’s failure remains a profound source of shame and an unending collective responsibility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMikami does not aspire to solve the crime. He has worked in the department for his entire career, and while he has his own ambitions and loyalties, he is hoping simply to reach out to the victim’s family and to help finally put the notorious case to rest. But when he spots an anomaly in the files, he uncovers secrets he never could have imagined. He would never have even looked if he’d known what he would find.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Already a bestseller in Japan and the United Kingdom, this cinematic crime novel suffused with fascinating cultural details follows a police department reinvestigating a chilling kidnapping that stumped them fourteen years earlier.” \u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's The Must List\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A real, out-of-the-blue original. I’ve never read anything like it. Yokoyama ?[is] a master.”? —Terrence Rafferty, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(front cover review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Absorbing . . . \u003ci\u003eSix Four \u003c\/i\u003eis an intensely complicated work, fleshed out by dozens of well-sketched characters, filled with changing perceptions and surprising twists . . . Its rewards are commensurate: unexpected revelations and quiet instances of human connection.” —Tom Nolan, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, The Best New Mysteries \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSix Four \u003c\/i\u003eavoids every crime-fiction cliché. The reward is a gripping novel . . . Complex, ingenious and engrossing . . . strikingly original . . . Jonathan Lloyd-Davies has translated \u003ci\u003eSix Four \u003c\/i\u003ewith unobtrusive brio . . . Yokoyama possesses that elusive trait of a first-rate novelist: the ability to grab readers’ interest and never let go.” —Dennis Drabelle, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Already a bestseller in Japan and the U.K., this cinematic crime novel suffused with fascinating cultural details follows a police department reinvestigating a chilling kidnapping that stumped them 14 years earlier.” —\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, The Must List\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSix Four\u003c\/i\u003e arrives in America as one of the most anticipated titles of the year . . . Yokoyama’s novel is a Jenga tower, each plot point and peripheral character part of an intricate balance . . . What is perhaps most striking about \u003ci\u003eSix Four\u003c\/i\u003e is the number of stories it contains.” —Dotun Akintoye, \u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSix Four \u003c\/i\u003emakes its U.S. debut four years after it came out in Japan, where it was a literary blockbuster. The book sold more than a million copies and was adapted both for film and for TV. Part of its appeal was the way it illuminated the country’s deep tradition of hierarchy and control.\" —Sarah Begley, \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Not only is \u003ci\u003eSix Four\u003c\/i\u003e an addictive read, it is an education about Japan, its police and its society, and simply one of the best crime novels I have ever read.\" —David Peace, author of\u003ci\u003e GB84 \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Damned Utd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A classic plot [which] suddenly turns into one of the most remarkable revenge dramas in modern detective fiction…[It] will leave even the most observant reader gasping.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Epic in ambition, [\u003ci\u003eSix Four\u003c\/i\u003e] unfurls like a flower in the spring sunlight, steadily increasing its grip as it does so.\" —\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hideo Yokoyama’s \u003ci\u003eSix Four\u003c\/i\u003e, translated by Jonathan Lloyd-Davies, is by no means just another mystery novel, but rather an award-winning cultural phenomenon on the scale of Stieg Larsson’s \u003ci\u003eMillennium Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e . . . There is a lot of buzz around this book, all of it well deserved . . . Yokoyama’s prose is crisp and skillfully translated; the plot . . . is thoroughly believable and compelling.” —Bruce Tierney, \u003ci\u003eBookPage \u003c\/i\u003e(Top Pick in Mystery)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Extremely detailed style and carefully wrought characters. \u003ci\u003eSix Four\u003c\/i\u003e succeeds on several levels: as a police procedural, an incisive character study, and a cold-case mystery.” \u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eJane Murphy,\u003ci\u003e Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eSix Four\u003c\/i\u003e] takes leisurely twists into the well-kept offices of Japan’s elite while providing a kind of informal sociological treatise on crime and punishment in Japanese society, to say nothing of an inside view of the police and their testy relationship with the media. Elaborate, but worth the effort. Think Jo Nesbø by way of Haruki Murakami, and with a most satisfying payoff.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed Washington Post Best Books of the Year (2017), Long-listed San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year (2017), Long-listed New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year (2017)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250160003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40667452342478,"sku":"9781250160003","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_64f683b8-9b5a-4acb-b977-6ad9c2c435d5.jpg?v=1639711606","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250160003","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}