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The
2003 Award
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The Earthquake Bird by Susanna Jones
Nominated by:
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: Picador ISBN : 0330485016 |
| the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors. |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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in Japan, The Earthquake Bird reveals a murder on its first page
and takes us into the mind of the chief suspect, Lucy Fly, a young vulnerable
English girl living and working in Tokyo as a translator. As Lucy is interrogated
by the police she reveals her past to the reader, and it is a past which
is dangerously ambiguous and compromising… Why did Lucy leave England for the foreign anonymity of Japan ten years before, and what exactly had prompted her to sever all links with her family back home? She was the last person to see the murdered girl alive, so why was she not more forthcoming about the circumstances of their last meeting? As Lucy's story unfolds, it emerges that secrets, both past and present, obsess her waking life. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Susanna Jones grew up in Yorkshire, England, and studied drama at London University, where she became fascinated by Japanese culture. She has worked in Japan as a teacher and radio script editor. She lives in Brighton, England. The Earthquake Bird is her first novel. |
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Find out more about the author on the following websites: Read
an excerpt from The Earthquake Bird
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