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People who eat darkness, the true story of a young woman who vanished from the streets of Tokyo and the evil that swallowed her up, Richard Lloyd Parry

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People who eat darkness, the true story of a young woman who vanished from the streets of Tokyo and the evil that swallowed her up, Richard Lloyd Parry

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-452)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

People who eat darkness

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

759174970

Responsibility statement

Richard Lloyd Parry

Sub title

the true story of a young woman who vanished from the streets of Tokyo and the evil that swallowed her up

Summary

Richard Lloyd Parry, an award-winning foreign correspondent, chronicles the 2000 disappearance, massive search, long investigation, and the even longer murder trial behind the gruesome murder case of Lucie Blackman in Japan

Table Of Contents

Prologue: life before death -- Part I: Lucie. The world the right way round -- Rules -- Long haul -- Part II: Tokyo. High touch town -- Geisha girl! (joke) -- Tokyo is the extreme land -- Part III: the search. Something terrible has happened -- Unintelligible speech -- The flickering light -- S & M -- The man-shaped hole -- Dignity of the police -- The palm trees by the sea -- Part IV: Obara. The weak and the strong -- George O'Hara -- Conquest play -- Carita -- In the cave -- Part V: justice. Ceremonies -- The whateverer -- Smyk -- Condolence -- The verdict -- Part VI: life after death. How Japanese -- What I really am

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