Classic Japanese hard-boiled noir style delivers fast-paced, suspenseful storytelling
Complex political and corporate阴谋 unfold against the backdrop of postwar Japan
Features a morally ambiguous detective and a cast of morally gray characters
translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum for accessible reading
Influenced by Raymond Chandler, offering a unique genre hybrid
Summarized by Shop
'The Wrong Goodbye' pits homicide detective Eiji Futamura against a shady Chinese business empire and U.S. military intelligence in the docklands of recession Japan. After the frozen corpse of immigrant barman Tran Binh Long washes up in midsummer near Yokosuka U.S. Navy Base, Futamura meets a strange customer from Tran's bar. Vietnam vet
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