The Devil of Nanking Condition:Like New Down on his luck and

Down on his luck and now on his way out career-wise

and poignant today

and trust makes them come alive with meaning and purpose

a minefield of mistakes to stumble through

looking up at the stars

The Devil of Nanking Condition:Like New Down on his luck andLike the thrillers of Thomas Harris and Philip Kerr, Mo Hayder's riveting new novel animates the dark corners of modern history. The solitary Englishwoman Grey comes to Japan looking for a rare piece of footage that is said to document a particularly monstrous episode of the 1937 Nanking Massacre. Her quest will take her to a reclusive scholar and a wheelchair bound gangster who clings to life with the aid of a mysterious elixir, and to a handsome