The Snow Kimono - Mark Henshaw

The Snow Kimono

By: Mark Henshaw

Paperback | 27 August 2014 | Edition Number 2

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There are times in your life when something happens after which you're never the same. It may be something direct or indirect, or something someone says to you. But whatever it is, there is no going back. And inevitably, when it happens, it happens suddenly, without warning.

Paris: 1989. Recently retired Inspector of Police Auguste Jovert receives a letter from a woman who claims to be his daughter. Two days later, a stranger comes knocking on his door…

Set in Paris and Japan, The Snow Kimono tells the stories of Inspector Jovert, former Professor of Law Tadashi Omura, and his one-time friend the writer Katsuo Ikeda. All three men have lied to themselves, and to each other. And these lies are about to catch up with them.

A quarter of a century after the award-winning bestseller Out of the Line of Fire, Mark Henshaw returns with an intricate psychological thriller that is also an unforgettable meditation on love and loss, on memory and its deceptions, and the ties that bind us to others.

About the Author

Mark Henshaw has lived in France, Germany, Yugoslavia and the USA. He currently lives in Canberra. His first novel, Out of the Line of Fire (1988), won the FAW Barbara Ramsden Award and the NBC New Writers Award. It was one of the biggest selling Australian literary novels of the decade. For many years Mark was a curator at the National Gallery of Australia. He recently returned to writing fiction full-time.
Industry Reviews
'Gripping...Like a Japanese puzzle, prized for their infinite solutions and depth of revelation, each chapter builds on the one before, unfolding through levels of story to unpack deeper and deeper truths...Henshaw's ability to combine such cultural and aesthetic diversity in his fiction is not only an example of what a period of dedicated study can do, but a marker of his ability as a writer.' * Guardian *
'Henshaw's prose [is] luminous and crisp, like the snowy countryside of Japan or the barren lanes of Algiers...When I finished The Snow Kimono, I raised my head, vaguely surprised that I was at home, in familiar surrounds, and it was still daylight outside. I turned straight back to page one and began again.' * Saturday Paper *
'This is a novel of passion and obsession, of lies and deception, of adultery and betrayal of trust, of murder and assumed identity. A superb read.' -- BookMooch
'Henshaw's effects are consistently magical...[He] has perfected a particular technique for the scenes set in Japan, one we might call leisurely lyricism...' * Sydney Morning Herald *
'A confident, complex, ludic and engrossing performance that will make readers glad Henshaw is back...With agile intelligence, with boldness in what he has imagined and tight control over how it is developed, Henshaw has announced triumphantly that he is no longer a ghost on the Australian literary scene, but one of its most substantial talents.' * Weekend Australian *
'The writing is beautiful: pellucid and wonderfully visual, painting memorable landscape cameos. The reader is compliant, willingly engaged with a story that starts in medias res and branches in unexpected and seemingly unconnected yet complementary directions, ending with a twist that is hard to get one's head around.' * Adelaide Advertiser *
'An exquisitely written puzzle.' -- Jennifer Byrne * Australian Women's Weekly *
'Best comeback-after 26 years-and one of the best Australian novels of 2014.' -- Peter Pierce, Best Books of the Year * Weekend Australian *
'The Snow Kimono is a mosaic where every piece shines and every step back reveals a more complex and satisfying picture.' * PS Times *
'Henshaw's prose shimmers as his narrative becomes ever more nuanced, complex, and misleading.' * Kirkus *
`Henshaw is still challenging his readers to think, enjoy the complexity of a puzzle, and reread the book to solve it.' * Southerly Journal *
`A novel of exquisite beauty, which evades categorisation.' * The Times *
`This taut and mesmerising story intricately weaves together the lives of three men - in France, Algeria and Japan - with prose so luminous it almost jumps off the page.' * Canberra Weekly *

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