City of Refuge
  • Published: 15 May 2008
  • ISBN: 9781934287125
  • Imprint: Vertical Inc
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $29.99

City of Refuge

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Kenzo Kitakata is the pre-eminent don of hardboiled fiction, and City of Refuge is another great exposition of the renegade loner. Kitakata's mystery fiction is a longselling must-have for all noir enthusiasts, here and abroad.

He killed 2 gangsters for the woman he loves, for Makiko. The sensation of the murder on Koji's hands is still fresh. Now he's running from the police as well as the mob.

Unlike your ordinary hero, Koji kidnaps a boy during his getaway. On his trail is "the Old Dog" Detective Takagi.

Another unique gem from the master stylist!
  • Published: 15 May 2008
  • ISBN: 9781934287125
  • Imprint: Vertical Inc
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $29.99
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Praise for City of Refuge

"Kitakata manages his nihilistic climax with consummate control... It's absolutely compelling to read." --The Japan Times

Praise for Kenzo Kitakata:
"Kitakata... [is] part Spillane, part Dostoevsky, but always hard-boiled." --Hackwriters.com

"Male brutality suffuses Kenzo Kitakata's portrait of a middle-aged gangster in Ashes. Like Tony Soprano...this man, whose name is Tanaka, attracts our interest and sometimes our sympathy." --The Globe and Mail

"Discovering [Ashes] is to find a real gem... This story about a midlevel Japanese yakuza (mafia) soldier going through a midlife crisis showcases Kitakata's dialogue and descriptions, but especially the cunning thought processes of the protagonist." --Bob Spear, Booksense

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