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Tokyo Year Zero (Tokyo Trilogy, #1)

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by David Peace

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Having just completed David Pearce's TOKYO YEAR ZERO, I was left wondering if the author was attempting to equate the senseless, mentally disturbed, psychological deeds of the antagonist Kodaira with the disturbing and harrowing wartime actions of Minami. Does anyone think Pearce was conflating the two characters' actions? War as senseless murder......just as senseless as rape and homicide? Opinions please.
Oneleggoalie perhaps it is one of those occasions that too much is read into the " subliminal "motive of the author

to me it is just a very accurate portrayal of th…mǰperhaps it is one of those occasions that too much is read into the " subliminal "motive of the author

to me it is just a very accurate portrayal of the Japanese-ness of the characters and the fact that such crimes or behaviour do occur in other cultures

my enjoyment is thoroughly the familiarity of a war-thorn city and the captivating police procedures

gritty...dark...immersive...all good. 😐(less)
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