City of Refuge

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 they ll 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...