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From the Fatherland, with Love
From the Fatherland, with Love | Ryu Murakami
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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.
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Jari-chan
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This is the second part to the duology and it wss intense again. Even more than before. Murakami makes you sympathizing with teenaged murderers and sociopaths.

These books are highlights in my reading year and I'm sure I will keep thinking about them.

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Jari-chan
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This was an unplanned library found, but I did not regret taking it home with me.

A Well written, thought through plot and a realistic description of what could be make this book zo a monthly or even a yearly highlight.

Already got the second volume to keep on reading.