Synopsis
Thirty years after World War II, Japanese-American jazz musician Teddy Maki is still haunted by his friend Jimmy Yamamoto's wartime death and his own failure to disobey a commanding officer's order to shoot an American prisoner
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"A rich and ingenious novel that succeeds brilliantly." --THE NEW YORK TIMES
"A work of exceptional power and imagination." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "A mature novel ... the spirit of Graham Greene is here." --KIRKUS REVIEWS "Wonderful ... Original ... Terrific ... Haunting ... Reading Soldiers in Hiding is like watching a man on a high wire." --THE LOS ANGELES TIMES "Extraordinary ... A feat of the imagination rendered with surprising skill ... you'll remember this book for a long time." --CHICAGO SUN-TIMES "Intelligent and interesting ... daring and entirely convincing." --THE WASHINGTON POST "Admirable, smooth, dispassionate ... for an American to write from a Japanese standpoint, regardless of how long he has studied their culture, is an act of extreme literary bravery." --CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR "Superb ... First-rate ... Ingeniously plotted with surprising twists and turns that continually move the story in unexpected directions" --THE SEATTLE TIMES "Richly imagined and wonderfully written ... Richard Wiley is a first-rate talent." --CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER "Satisfying ... Draws the reader into a combination of surprising plot turns and richly textured characters." --ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTIONAbout the Author
Richard Wiley won the 1987 PEN/Faulkner Award for Best American Fiction for Soldiers in Hiding, his first novel. He has lived and taught in Korea, Japan, Kenya, and Nigeria, and is the author of Fools' Gold, Festival for Three Thousand Maidens, Indigo, and Ahmed's Revenge. He is currently a professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Mr. Wiley is also on the executive board of the North American Network of Cities of Asylum.
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