Silence Once Begun
of Jesse Ball (Goodreads Author)
Description
From the celebrated author of The Curfew, Jesse Ballâs Silence Once Begun is an astonishing novel of unjust conviction, lost love, and a journalistâs obsession. Over the course of several months, eight people vanish from their homes in the same Japanese town, a single playing card found on each door. Known as the âNarito Disappearances,â the crime has authorities baffledâuntil a confession appears on the policeâs doorstep, signed by Oda Sotatsu, a thread salesman. Sotatsu is arrested, jailed, and interrogatedâbut he refuses to speak. Even as his parents, brother, and sister come to visit him, even as his execution looms, and even as a young woman named Jito Joo enters his cell, he maintains his vow of silence. Our narrator, a journalist named Jesse Ball, is grappling with mysteries of his own when he becomes fascinated by the case. Why did Sotatsu confess? Why wonât he speak? Who is Jito Joo? As Ball interviews Sotatsuâs family, friends, and jailers, he uncovers a complex story of heartbreak, deceit, honor, and chance. Wildly inventive and emotionally powerful, Silence Once Begun is a devastating portrayal of a justice system compromised, and evidence that Jesse Ball is a voraciously gifted novelist working at the height of his powers.
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- Format Hardcover
- Pages 232 pages
- Publisher Pantheon
- Publication Date January 28th 2014
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9780307908483
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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