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An American soldier works in post-surrender Japan in a novel âreminiscent of The English Patient . . . sad, wistful and romanticâ (Los Angeles Times).  When Francis Vancleave joins the army in 1944, he expects his term of service to pass uneventfully. His singular talentâtyping ninety-five words a minuteâkeeps him off the battlefield and in General MacArthurâs busy Tokyo headquarters, where his days are filled with paperwork in triplicate and letters of dictation.  But little does Van know that the first year of the occupation will prove far more volatile for him than for the US Army. When heâs bunked with a troubled combat veteran marketer and recruited to babysit MacArthurâs eight-year-old son, Van is suddenly tangled in the complexâand riskyâpersonal lives of his compatriots. As he brushes shoulders with panpan girls and Communists on the streets of Tokyo, Van struggles to uphold his convictions in the face of unexpected conflictâespecially the startling news from his war bride, a revelation that threatens Van with a kind of war wound he never anticipated.  âTells the story of generals, war, and occupation through the eyes of a typist who proves himself to be the calm at the center of the storm . . . [An] elegant, thoughtful, and resonant novel.â âAnn Patchett  âA memorable read.â âChicago Tribune |
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