The Thief is a seasoned pickpocket. Anonymous in his tailored suit, he weaves in and out of Tokyo crowds, stealing wallets from strangers so smoothly sometimes he doesn't even remember the snatch. Most people are just a blur to him, nameless faces from whom he chooses his victims. He has no family, no friends, no connections.... But he does have a past, which finally catches up with him when Ishikawa, his first partner, reappears in his life, and offers him a job he can't refuse. It's an easy job: tie up an old rich man, steal the contents of the safe. No one gets hurt. Only the day after the job does he learn that the old man was a prominent politician, and that he was brutally killed after the robbery. And now the Thief is caught in a tangle even he might not be able to escape.
"I was deeply impressed with "The Thief". It is fresh. It is sure to enjoy a great deal of attention."--Kenzaburo Oe, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Title: The Thief
Subtitle:
Contributors:
By (author)
Fuminori Nakamura
ISBN 13: 9781616950217
ISBN 10: 1616950218
Publisher: Soho Press Inc
Imprint: Soho Press Inc
Publication Date: 15/03/2012
Place of Publication:
New York,
United States
Edition:
BIC Subjects:
Adventure / thriller
NBS Classification: Crime & Thriller
Dewey Classification:
895.636
(DC21)
Format: Hardback
Pages: 304
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Thickness: 22mm
Weight: 367g