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Extraordinary.' New York Times
Savagely beautiful.' The Times


Tokyo, January 26th, 1948. As the third year of the US Occupation of Japan begins, a man enters a downtown bank. He speaks of an outbreak of dysentery and says he is a doctor, sent by the Occupation authorities. Clear liquid is poured into sixteen teacups. Sixteen employees of the bank drink this liquid according to strict instructions. Within minutes twelve of them are dead, the other four unconscious. The man disappears along with some, but not all, of the bank''s money. And so begins the biggest manhunt in Japanese history.

In Occupied City, David Peace dramatises and explores the rumours of complicity, conspiracy and cover-up that surround the chilling case of the Teikoku Bank Massacre.

Marvellous.' Daily Telegraph

Genuinely hypnotic.' Harper's Magazine

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: 24/12/2009
      ISBN13: 9780571232031, 978-0571232031
      ISBN10: 0571232035
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Extraordinary.' New York Times
      Savagely beautiful.' The Times


      Tokyo, January 26th, 1948. As the third year of the US Occupation of Japan begins, a man enters a downtown bank. He speaks of an outbreak of dysentery and says he is a doctor, sent by the Occupation authorities. Clear liquid is poured into sixteen teacups. Sixteen employees of the bank drink this liquid according to strict instructions. Within minutes twelve of them are dead, the other four unconscious. The man disappears along with some, but not all, of the bank''s money. And so begins the biggest manhunt in Japanese history.

      In Occupied City, David Peace dramatises and explores the rumours of complicity, conspiracy and cover-up that surround the chilling case of the Teikoku Bank Massacre.

      Marvellous.' Daily Telegraph

      Genuinely hypnotic.' Harper's Magazine

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