num_pages: 363
description: With the redolent atmosphere of Ian Rankin and the spine-chilling characters of Thomas Harris, Mo Hayder's The Devil of Nanking, takes the reader on an electrifying literary ride from the palatial apartments of yakuza kingpins to deep inside the secret history of one of the twentieth century's most brutal events: the Nanking Massacre. A young Englishwoman obsessed with an indecipherable past, Grey comes to Tokyo seeking a lost piece of film footage of the notorious 1937 Nanking Massacre, footage some say never existed. Only one man can help Grey. A survivor of the massacre, he is now a visiting professor at a university in Tokyo. But he will have nothing to do with her. So Grey accepts a job in an upmarket nightspot, where a certain gangster may be the key to gaining the professor's trust. An old man in a wheelchair surrounded by a terrifying entourage, the gangster is rumored to rely on a mysterious elixir for his continued health. Taut, gritty, sexy, and harrowing, The Devil of Nanking is an incomparable literary thriller set in one of the world's most fascinating cities-Tokyo-from an internationally best-selling author.
language: English
title: The Devil of Nanking
titlecomplete: The Devil of Nanking
characters: Grey, Shi Chongming
genres: Historical, Crime, Japan, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Horror, China, Mystery
ratings_count: 10195
places: Tokyo
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Barry Award
category: Best British Crime Novel, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: CWA Silver Dagger
publisher: Grove Press