From the Fatherland with Love
By Ryu Murakami
An ambitious, epic dystopian novel - part political thriller and part satire
From the Fatherland, with Love is set in an alternative, dystopian present in which the dollar has collapsed and Japan's economy has fallen along with it. The North Korean government, sensing an opportunity, sends a fleet of 'rebels' in the first land invasion that Japan has ever faced. Japan can't cope with the surprise onslaught of 'Operation From the Fatherland, with Love'. But the terrorist Ishihara and his band of renegade youths – once dedicated to upsetting the Japanese government – turn their deadly attention to the North Korean threat. They will not allow Fukuoka to fall without a fight. Epic in scale, From the Fatherland, with Love is laced throughout with Murakami's characteristically savage violence. It's both a satisfying thriller and a completely mad, over-the-top novel like few others.
Translated by Charles De Wolf,Ginny Tapley Takemori,Ralph McCarthy
Cover illustration by David Pearson
672 pp
Published 41403
ISBN 9781908968456
Royal Hardback
