New Hokkaido / James McNaughton.
By: McNaughton, James [author.]
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TextPublisher: Wellington : Victoria University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 224 pages ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780864739766.Subject(s): Teachers -- New Zealand -- Fiction | Future life -- Fiction | Imaginary histories -- FictionGenre/Form: Alternative histories (Fiction) | New Zealand fiction -- 21st century.DDC classification: NZ823.3 Summary: "It is 1987, forty-five years after Japan conquered New Zealand, and the brutal shackles of the occupation have loosened a little: English can be spoken by natives in the home, and twenty-year-old Business English teacher Chris Ipswitch has a job at the Wellington Language Academy. But even Chris and his famous older brother - the Night Train, a retired Pan-Asian sumo champion - cannot stay out of the conflict between the Imperial Japanese Army and the Free New Zealand movement. When Chris takes it upon himself to investigate a terrible crime, he is drawn into the heart of the struggle for freedom, guided along the way by the mysterious Hitomi Kurosawa and the ghost of Kiwi rock 'n' roll legend and martyr Johnny Lennon. New Hokkaido is a counter-factual history and an adventure that thrills and disquiets at every turn"--Publisher information.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Fiction Collection | Fiction Collection | MCN | 1 | Available | T00578940 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
It is 1987, forty-five years after Japan conquered New Zealand, and the brutal shackles of the occupation have loosened a little: English can be spoken by natives in the home, and twenty-year-old Business English teacher Chris Ipswitch has a job at the Wellington Language Academy. But even Chris and his famous older brother--the Night Train, a retired Pan-Asian sumo champion--cannot stay out of the conflict between the Imperial Japanese Army and the Free New Zealand movement. When Chris takes it upon himself to investigate a terrible crime, he is drawn into the heart of the struggle for freedom, guided along the way by the mysterious Hitomi Kurosawa and the ghost of Kiwi rock 'n' roll legend and martyr Johnny Lennon. New Hokkaido is a fascinating counter-factual history and an adventure that thrills and disquiets at every turn.
"Visit ... via Imperial Airlines"--Cover.
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"It is 1987, forty-five years after Japan conquered New Zealand, and the brutal shackles of the occupation have loosened a little: English can be spoken by natives in the home, and twenty-year-old Business English teacher Chris Ipswitch has a job at the Wellington Language Academy. But even Chris and his famous older brother - the Night Train, a retired Pan-Asian sumo champion - cannot stay out of the conflict between the Imperial Japanese Army and the Free New Zealand movement. When Chris takes it upon himself to investigate a terrible crime, he is drawn into the heart of the struggle for freedom, guided along the way by the mysterious Hitomi Kurosawa and the ghost of Kiwi rock 'n' roll legend and martyr Johnny Lennon. New Hokkaido is a counter-factual history and an adventure that thrills and disquiets at every turn"--Publisher information.
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