Black Blade Vivian Gornick ‘Roddy Doyle's unsparing examination of

‘Roddy Doyle's unsparing examination of a brutal marriage transcends the boundaries of class and nationhood’ The Times

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Black Blade Vivian Gornick ‘Roddy Doyle's unsparing examination ofIn New York City, a chain of brutal murders begins. In Washington, a plot conceived at the highest levels of American government is at work to bring the economic colossus of Japan to its knees. In Tokyo, a critical power struggle is nearing its final stages for control of the enigmatic Black Blade Society, an ostensibly political cabal whose motives may encompass far more than politics. This is the dynamic setting for Black Blade , the latest triumph