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  Country of Origin: A Novel

  by Don Lee

  A dazzling debut novel by the prize-winning author of Yellow , set in the unique and exotic nightworld of Tokyo. 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... (more)
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  The Janissary Tree: A Novel

  by Jason Goodwin

  When Jason Goodwin explored the Ottoman Empire in Lords of the Horizons , The New York Times Book Review hailed it as “a work of dazzling beauty…the rare coming together of historical scholarship…with luminous writing.” Now he returns to Istanbul, with a delicious mystery— The Janissary Tree . It is 1836. Europe is modernizing, and the Ottoman Empire must follow suit. But just before the Sultan announces... (more)
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  Snakeskin Shamisen

  by Naomi Hirahara

  From Summer of the Big Bachi to Gasa-Gasa Girl , Naomi Hirahara’s acclaimed novels have featured one of mystery fiction’s most unique heroes: Mas Arai, a curmudgeonly L.A. gardener, Hiroshima survivor, and inveterate gambler. Few things get Mas more excited than gambling, so when he hears about a $500,000 win–from a novelty slot machine!–he’s torn between admiration and derision. But the stakes are quickly... (more)