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Dispatched to the influential Japanese port of Dejima in 1799, ambitious clerk Jacob de Zoet resolves to earn enough money to deserve his wealthy fiancée, an effort that is challenged by his relationship with the midwife daughter of a Samurai.
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Confirms Mitchell as one of the more fascinating and fearless writers alive. (Dave Eggers New York Times Book Review)
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The most impressive fictional mind of his generation. (Observer)
A novel which actually deserves the accolade "tour de force". (Kamila Shamsie, Books of the Year Daily Telegraph)
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Lose yourself in a world of incredible scope, originality and imaginative brilliance. (Katy Guest Independent on Sunday)
Brilliant. (The Times)
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial and Commonwealth Writers' Prizes
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