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Country of Origin: A Novel
Country of Origin A Novel
Author: Don Lee
An American girl disappears on the dark side of Tokyo, a world of hostess clubs and corruption, racism, and conformity. Lisa Countryman vanishes in Tokyo in 1980. The young U.S. Embassy official assigned to her case, Tom Hurley, is in over his head, tangled in an unsavory love affair with the wife of a CIA officer. Lisa's best chance at ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393058123
ISBN-10: 0393058123
Publication Date: 7/2004
Pages: 352
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Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Very interesting read. Well developed characters with complex motives. The story line provides surprises and quirks that are not easily anticipated - a good mystery that dwells on important issues concerning racial identity, group and nationalisitic cohesiveness and the very human desire to belong.


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