December 6 (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Martin Cruz Smith
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1922-1941
- Setting: Tokyo and Nanking, China
- Principal Characters: Harry Niles, Michiko Funabashi, Oharu, Kato, Ishigami, Gen Yoshimura, Lady Alice Beechum, Arnold Beechum, Willie Staub, Iris Staub, Al DeGeorge, Yoshitaki, Admiral Yamamoto, Roy Hooper, Roger Niles, Orin Niles
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Escapes, Exile or expatriates, 1940’s, World War II, 1920’s, 1930’s, War, Loyalty, Identity, Patriotism, China or Chinese people, Japan or Japanese people, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Tokyo, Reason or reasoning
- Locales: Tokyo, Japan, Nanking, China
Beginning with Gorky Park (1981), Martin Cruz Smith has been known for writing thrillers that are both highly entertaining and intelligent. Smith is expert at delineating both contemporary and historical times and settings and usually provides a bit more character depth than such comparable practitioners as Ken Follett. The sophistication of his novels has led to his being called “the John le Carré of thriller writers.” Smith’s Stallion Gate (1986) is a look at the Manhattan Project that contributed to the end of World War II. With December 6, he turns to the...
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