New Hokkaido / James McNaughton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McNaughton, James, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--20th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wellington : Victoria University Press, 2015.

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 fascinating counter-factual history and an adventure that thrills and disquiets at every turn.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Prologue

Chapter 1: The English Academy

Chapter 2: A New Zealand Culture Meeting

Chapter 3: The Lyttelton Ferry

Chapter 4: Crime scene

Chapter 5: Johnny Lennon in jail

Chapter 6: The kindness of strangers

Chapter 7: Number four

Chapter 8: Contaminated

Chapter 9: Women and history

Chapter 10: Working the phone

Chapter 11: Mutiny: The Typhoons set sail

Chapter 12: Ice and fire

Chapter 13: Mutiny: Brian takes it to the bridge

Chapter 14: Alone with Miss Kurosawa

Chapter 15: Mutiny: Waiting for battle

Chapter 16: The Lord's Angels

Chapter 17: Mutiny: Buried at sea

Chapter 18: Cherry Orchard

Chapter 19: Mutiny: Brian has a celebratory

Chapter 20: From Featherston to Waiterere

Chapter 21: Someone's crazy

Chapter 22: Hunger and anger

Chapter 23: A pie in Palmerston North

Chapter 24: Auckland

Chapter 25: The sumo tournament

Chapter 26: Deadly dinner

Chapter 27: The hit

Epilogue.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781776560776

1776560779

OCLC:

926040492