{"product_id":"9780393343953","title":"Country of Origin: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA dazzling debut novel by the prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eYellow\u003c\/em\u003e, set in the unique and exotic nightworld of Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e In this \"poignant story of prejudice, betrayal and the search for identity\" (\u003cem\u003eNewsweek International\u003c\/em\u003e), the trials and tribulations of these three remarkable characters are \"at turns trenchantly funny and heartbreakingly sad\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e). \"[An] elegant and haunting debut\" (\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eCountry of Origin\u003c\/em\u003e is a \"swirl of action, a whirl of love and sex and race and politics, local and international\" (\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e)—a \"quiet literary triumph\" (\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Lisa Countryman is a woman of complex origins. Half-Japanese, adopted by African American parents, she returns to Tokyo, ostensibly to research her thesis on Japan's \"sad, brutal reign of conformity.\" When she vanishes, Tom Hurley, who is half-Korean and half-white, is assigned to her case at the American embassy, as is local cop Kenzo Ota, who is 100 percent Japanese but deemed an outsider.","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104334528752,"sku":"9780393343953","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393343953_p0.jpg?v=1769893139","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393343953","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}