Tokyo Nobody

Social psychologist Ben Monroe has returned to Tokyo after a failed marriage, determined to seek out his former lover Kozue. His estranged teenage daughter Mazzy reluctantly flies from California to join him. On the flight she meets a young Japanese man, Koji, a cult survivor, who tells her the story of the luminous night princess Kaguya, a powerful tale of beauty & obsession. As Ben delves deeper into the underworld in search of Kozue, Mazzy & Koji are compelled to follow, & their four lives dangerously intersect as past & present collide.

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Nicholas Hogg was born in Leicester. After graduating with a psychology degree he travelled widely, living in the USA, New Zealand, & Japan. When he first moved to Tokyo he worked as an English teacher & an actor, appearing in television shows, adverts & in a hit computer game as a zombie. He then became press officer for a Japanese NGO ship & sailed around the world three times, reporting on global development issues. His debut novel, Show Me The Sky, was nominated for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, & his acclaimed short stories have won numerous prizes & been broadcast by the BBC.

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‘An intelligent, gripping & stylish love story set against a beautifully drawn contemporary Japan’ – Observer Books of the Year

‘A fine novel’ – Sebastian Faulks

‘My novel of the year was Nicholas Hogg’s A Sacrifice, which blends themes of deracination & erotic obsession to give an unforgettable portrait of the Japanese capital’ – Tom Holland, Evening Standard

‘Excellent … Hogg writes with a mesmeric quality’ – Big Issue

‘Exciting & original … If only all ‘foreigner in Japan’ novels were this good’ – Japan  Times

 ‘Hogg balances an engaging & pacy plot with entrancing writing in this expertly told dark fable of modern Japan’ – Bookseller