December 6 (novel)

Summary

December 6 is a 2003 thriller novel by American author Martin Cruz Smith.[1]

December 6
First edition
AuthorMartin Cruz Smith
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
30 September 2002
Media typePrint (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages352 (hardback)
ISBN0-684-87253-6

Plot summary edit

In late 1941, Harry Niles owns a bar for American and European expatriates, journalists, and diplomats, in Tokyo's entertainment district, called the "Happy Paris". With only 24 hours until Japanese fighters and bombers attack Pearl Harbor, Niles has to consult with the local US ambassador, break up with a desperate lover, evade the police, escape the vengeance of an aggrieved samurai officer and leave the island, the exit points from which are all closed. Having grown up in Tokyo, Niles is fluent in the Japanese language and culture, and is highly streetwise.[2][3]

Alternative title edit

The novel was published in England under the name Tokyo Station.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Howard W. French (October 8, 2002). "Arts Abroad: After 2 Visits, Taking On Japan at War". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Jonathan Yardley (October 13, 2002). "Tokyo 1941, on the eve of Pearl Harbor". Chicago Sun-Times.
  3. ^ "The science of fiction: telling history as it was, and as it 't". The Japan Times. September 15, 2002.
  4. ^ Mark Lawson (26 October 2002). "Revenge of the samurai". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2011.