The debut novel by comic artist turned crime fiction author Kazuhiro Kiuchi, and more recently the inspiration for the 2013 Cannes Film Palm D’Or finalist movie by legendary film director Takeshi Miike. Shield of Straw is a heart-racing thriller that turns a whole nation against one man for vengeance and greed.Playing on the basic human desires for easy money and grisly vengeance, Shield of Straw is a crime thriller where a group of police officers are assigned to protect an alleged criminal from a nation out to murder him for money.Story Locale: Tokyo and Fukuoka, Japan
Department | Books / Novels |
Publisher | Vertical Inc |
Series | The Shield of Straw |
Product Code | ARCHO-112634 |