Godina izdanja: Ostalo
ISBN: Ostalo
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Mek povez, 294 strane, ponegde oštećena korica spolja
Izdanje Prion 1994, originalni opis:

Mendelsohn`s debut is an engrossing page-turner, with solid character development and a surprising denouement. When Singapore fell in 1942, the Japanese took Lt. Derek Pritchard as a prisoner of war. Not long after, while he and another captured Englishman were pawns in a mysterious Japanese secret mission, he was killed in Thailand. Now, in 1975, his daughter Anna has come to Singapore to wreak her family`s vengeance on Yoshiro Katsumata, the unsuspecting son of the officer she blames for her father`s death. As readers gradually learn, however, the events surrounding Pritchard`s death were not exactly as officially represented. Mendelsohn quickly captures the reader`s attention with his smooth and easy style and, through a series of well-integrated flashbacks, unfolds the story of Pritchard`s final days in parallel with Anna`s mission of revenge. Most of the flashbacks consist of the reminiscences of either Pritchard`s fellow captive, Jimmy Hedges, or Yoshiro`s father`s former commanding officer. It is through the stories of the latter that Yoshiro, who has been seduced by Anna, learns her true identity, a revelation that shatters his orderly life. In the end, the long-hidden truth about the way Derek Pritchard died is ironic proof of the old adage that revenge is indeed a bitter dish.