A reading of page 1 of Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama.
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Finally read this. A real turgid slog. Quite an exciting kidnapping plot towards the end, but to get there you have 400+ pages of minutes from several "this could've been an email" meetings that basically serve as a biting commentary on the state of journalism in early 2000's Japan. #sixfour

I don’t like giving negative reviews but this book is nothing like it sounds. New evidence emerges in a 14 year old murder case, and it shocks the country. Except that doesn’t happen. It’s 650 pages of petty office politics. Barely any crime, and zero thrill. #sixfour #crimethriller #currentread

“Six Four” in the UK Of all the Japanese novels that I have read, the one that I know and like best is Kuraimāzu Hai ('Climber's High') by Hideo Yokoyama as I have written about in relation to World Book Day as well as in...

“Six Four” in the UK

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A Collection of Audiobook Reviews (3) This is my third post of a collection of Audiobook reviews. You can find the previous ones at A Collection of Audiobook Reviews and A Collection of Audiobook Reviews (2). There are also reviews of som...

A Collection of Audiobook Reviews (3)

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Getting so frustrated with the poor pronunciation of Japanese names in the audiobook I'm listening to. #SixFour #HideoYokoyama