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FOUR
Japan. Four islands. Four seasons. Four trips. Four current social issues. One book. That was the plan. April 2013. Photo-journalist Iwakura and his reporter friend Eri, as she was known to the whole of Japan, would be working together again. Since their collaboration in 2011 had exposed more about the truth surrounding the hijacking of a shinkansen (‘bullet train’), they had worked on many articles together, but this would be their first book. The book would be covering some important current social issues such as depopulation, city regeneration, tourism, and work-related suicides. But fate had another path for them. One where death always seemed to be close at hand.
FOUR is the second book (but first chronologically) in the ‘Iwakura Series’ continues the adventures of photojournalist ‘Rock’ Iwakura and journalist Eri Amadera. The book starts in 2013, less than two years after Hijacking Japan was set. Although it contains some spoilers related to that book, it can be read without overly ruining the story and tension if you want to read that one later. Although FOUR is the second in the Iwakura series, it is set before Tokyo 20/20 Vision and helps to explain some of the history and character development that you will have come across if you read that one first. Naturally, it does not matter if you read FOUR before Tokyo 20/20 Vision .
FOUR is the second book (but first chronologically) in the ‘Iwakura Series’ continues the adventures of photojournalist ‘Rock’ Iwakura and journalist Eri Amadera. The book starts in 2013, less than two years after Hijacking Japan was set. Although it contains some spoilers related to that book, it can be read without overly ruining the story and tension if you want to read that one later. Although FOUR is the second in the Iwakura series, it is set before Tokyo 20/20 Vision and helps to explain some of the history and character development that you will have come across if you read that one first. Naturally, it does not matter if you read FOUR before Tokyo 20/20 Vision .
358 pages, Hardcover
Published May 28, 2021
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Christopher P. Hood
21 books16 followersI am an author of both fiction and non-fiction.
I have written three novels, Hijacking Japan, Tokyo 20/20 Vision and FOUR, and am currently working on a fourth, Officer Death Fall From Japan’s Floating Palace. All of the novels are primarily based in Japan, using my knowledge and experiences of living in and visiting Japan, and conducting research about aspects of Japanese society and culture for over 35 years, as a basis for being able to ensure there is a degree of realism about the plots and characters.
I am the author of five non-fiction books; Japan: The Basics (two editions), Osutaka: A Chronicle of Loss in the World’s Largest Single Plane Crash, Dealing With Disaster in Japan: Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash, Shinkansen: From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan, and Education Reform in Japan: Nakasone’s Legacy. I am currently writing two books related to Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Song by Song and Frankie Fans Say Welcome To Our World.
I have written three novels, Hijacking Japan, Tokyo 20/20 Vision and FOUR, and am currently working on a fourth, Officer Death Fall From Japan’s Floating Palace. All of the novels are primarily based in Japan, using my knowledge and experiences of living in and visiting Japan, and conducting research about aspects of Japanese society and culture for over 35 years, as a basis for being able to ensure there is a degree of realism about the plots and characters.
I am the author of five non-fiction books; Japan: The Basics (two editions), Osutaka: A Chronicle of Loss in the World’s Largest Single Plane Crash, Dealing With Disaster in Japan: Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash, Shinkansen: From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan, and Education Reform in Japan: Nakasone’s Legacy. I am currently writing two books related to Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Song by Song and Frankie Fans Say Welcome To Our World.
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