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Six Four
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Narrated by:
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Richard Burnip
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By:
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Hideo Yokoyama
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Six Four. The nightmare no parent could endure. The case no detective could solve. The twist no listener could predict.
For five days in January 1989, the parents of a seven-year-old Tokyo schoolgirl sat and listened to the demands of their daughter's kidnapper. They would never learn his identity. They would never see their daughter again.
For the 14 years that followed, the Japanese public listened to the police's apologies. They would never forget the botched investigation that became known as Six Four. They would never forgive the authorities their failure. For one week in late 2002, the press officer attached to the police department in question confronted an anomaly in the case.
He could never imagine what he would uncover. He would never have looked if he'd known what he would find.
©2012 Hideo Yokoyama (P)2016 Quercus Publishing LtdListeners also enjoyed...
Poor Narrator choice
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A very interesting book that explores many aspects of human nature, and the meaning of serving within an organization or a society that demands subservience to superiors and devalues individuality, topics that are expressed sometimes with great eloquence others with mixed success because of the demands of the story line.
The main character is bullied and ostracised in a manner that I think most western organizations would not tolerate, he is always conflicted with his duty and his personal needs and putting those needs in the background for the greater good, for a second we see him strive for a modicum of individuality but is soon stifled and put in his place.
The thriller part of the story is well developed and very interesting but stretched out for too long because of the existential angst of the main character.
A good police story with a clouded moral message that I think was lost in translation.
The reading is given in a monotone that is a bit disconcerting given all the passions in the story.
What we lost in translation is found in revenge.
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Enjoyable
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This is a 'Marmite book' I would need to do a psychometric assessment first.What other book might you compare Six Four to, and why?
I liked this more than 'The Goldfinch' which is saying something.Have you listened to any of Richard Burnip’s other performances? How does this one compare?
Very good. Narrated with the paucity of emotion that I would expect from a policeman native of Japan.If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
On the far side of a dark riverAny additional comments?
OK, this isn’t the easiest book to follow with a seemingly endless list of characters with names that all sounded alien and disturbingly similar given there were no familiar identifiers such as Origami, Kawasaki or Sushi. Very early in the plot I felt the need to draw up an organisation chart to keep track. As the burden increased I transcribed to Powerpoint as approximately 50 individuals were finally identified.This is a slow-burner and sometimes it felt like damp leaves were being added to a peat fire as the police politics were described in minute detail. But it was all very much worth it. It was worth if only for the last couple chapters when all the threads were deftly pulled together in a deeply satisfying, cleverly intimated, conclusion.
Simply the Best Crime Novel I've Ever Read
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