In the heat of late summer, two New Orleans familiesโone black and one whiteโconfront a storm that will change the course of their lives. SJ Williams, a carpenter and widower, lives and works in the Lower Ninth Ward, the community where he was born and raised. His sister, Lucy, is a soulful mess, a
City of Refuge
โ Scribed by Kenzo Kitakata
- Book ID
- 111127837
- Publisher
- Kodansha USA
- Year
- 2022
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 255 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781647292461
- ASIN
- B0B4ZBDYZN
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โฆ Synopsis
He killed them. No regrets, no excuses. Now, all he needs to do is run. if that means having to kidnap a boy, then together theyโll find a city of refuge.
The fourth and latest novel by the Japanese don of hardboiled to be translated into english, City of Refuge was also Kitakata's first foray into the crime genre after a decade of penning literary fiction. Pick up this gem to find out why North American reviewers have been comparing him to Mickey Spillane, James M. Cain, Takeshi Kitano, and Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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