num_pages: 315
description: Lisa Countryman is a woman of complex origins. Half-Japanese, adopted by African American parents, she returns to Tokyo, ostensibly to research her thesis on Japan's "sad, brutal reign of conformity." When she vanishes, Tom Hurley, who is half-Korean and half-white, is assigned to her case at the American embassy, as is local cop Kenzo Ota, who is 100 percent Japanese but deemed an outsider.
language: English
title: Country of Origin
titlecomplete: Country of Origin
genres: Asia, Novels, Crime, Asian Literature, Literature, Race, Japan, Mystery, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 389
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: American Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company