{"product_id":"seventeen","title":"Seventeen","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781786484628\u003cbr\u003eFormat: B-format paperback\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2018\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Quercus Books\u003cbr\u003ePages: 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHideo Yokoyama (Author)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in 1957, Hideo Yokoyama worked for twelve years as an investigative reporter with a regional newspaper north of Tokyo, before becoming one of Japan's most acclaimed fiction writers. \u003ci\u003eSeventeen\u003c\/i\u003e is his second novel to be translated into the English language. His first, \u003ci\u003eSix Four\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller in hardback and paperback, became the first Japanese novel to be shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger, was named in the Crime and Thrillers of 2016 roundups in each of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGlasgow Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, and has since been translated into thirteen languages worldwide.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouise Heal Kawai (Translator)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLouise Heal Kawai is from Manchester in the UK, and holds an MA in Advanced Japanese Studies from the University of Sheffield. She has lived in Japan for over twenty years, and been a literary translator for the past ten. Her recent translations include Seicho Matsumoto's murder mystery, \u003ci\u003eA Quiet Place\u003c\/i\u003e, and Mieko Kawakami's \u003ci\u003eMs Ice Sandwich.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41860111204485,"sku":"PR434747","price":29.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/seventeen","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}