Six Four
2012 • 577 pages

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"For five days in January 1989, the parents of a seven-year-old Tokyo schoolgirl sat and listened to the demands of their daughter's kidnapper. They would never learn his identity. They would never see their daughter again. For the fourteen years that followed, the Japanese public listened to the police's apologies. They would never forget the botched investigation that became known as Six Four. They would never forgive the authorities for their failure. For one week in late 2002, the press officer attached to the police department in question confronted an anomaly in the case. He could never imagine what he would uncover--he would never have looked if he'd known what he would find"--

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Prefecture D is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Hideo Yokoyama.

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A really tough read, that is definitely not for everyone. If detailed intertwined story-lines with little resolution are for you, then Six Four is perfect.

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It took me a bit to get into this. There are many things I really enjoyed about it: police bureaucracy, fights for power, what it means to be a parent and partner in extremely difficult circumstances, and more.

January 3, 2024