{"product_id":"2940169941906","title":"December 6: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Martin Cruz Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eGorky Park\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHavana Bay\u003c\/i\u003e, comes another audacious novel of exotic locales, intimate intrigues, and the mysteries of the human heart: \u003ci\u003eDecember 6.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the crazed, nationalistic Tokyo of late 1941, \u003ci\u003eDecember 6\u003c\/i\u003e explores the coming world war through the other end of history's prism - a prism held here by an unforgettable rogue and lover, Harry Niles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn many ways Niles should be as American as apple pie: raised by missionary parents, taught to respect his elders and be an honorable and upright Christian citizen dreaming of the good life on the sun-blessed shores of California. But Niles is also Japanese: reared in the aesthetics of Shinto and educated in the dance halls and backroom poker gatherings of Tokyo's shady underworld to steal, trick, and run for his life. As a gaijin, a foreigner - especially one with a gift for the artful scam - he draws suspicion and disfavor from Japanese police. This potent mixture of stiff tradition and intrigue - not to mention his brazen love affair with a Japanese mistress who would rather kill Harry than lose him - fills Harry's final days in Tokyo with suspense and fear. Who is he really working for? Is he a spy? For America? For the emperor? Now, on the eve of Pearl Harbor, Harry himself must decide where his true allegiances lie. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuspenseful, exciting, and replete with the detailed research Martin Cruz Smith brings to all his novels, \u003ci\u003eDecember 6\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumph of imagination, history, and storytelling melded into a magnificent whole. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104775192816,"sku":"2940169941906","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169941906_p0.jpg?v=1763697948","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169941906","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}