Seventeen

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SIX FOUR: A TENSE INVESTIGATION IN THE AFTERMATH OF AN AIR DISASTER.

Hes a masterNew York Times Book Review
Very different . . . to almost anything out thereObserver

1985. Kazumasa Yuuki, a seasoned reporter at the North Kanto Times, runs a daily gauntlet against the power struggles and office politics that plague its newsroom. But when an air disaster of unprecedented scale occurs on the papers doorstep, its staff are united by an unimaginable horror, and a once-in-a-lifetime scoop.

2002. Seventeen years later, Yuuki remembers the adrenaline-fuelled, emotionally charged seven days that changed his and his colleagues lives. He does so while making good on a promise he made that fateful week - one that holds the key to its last unsolved mystery, and represents Yuukis final, unconquered fear.

Seventeen is a brilliant novel on any level - its a gripping page turner, while remaining moving and complex. Its a deeply satisfying read and it will be a while before I read anything as good William Ryan
An astringent, unforgiving picture of modern Japanese society Guardian