Hisako Onoda, world famous cellist, refuses to fly. And so she travels through the Panama Canal as a passenger on a tanker bound for Europe. But Panama is a country whose politics are as volatile as the local freedom fighters. When Hisako`s ship is captured, it is not long before the atmosphere is as flammable as an oxy-acetylene torch, and the tension as sharp as the spike on her cello…
`Apocalyptic is the first word that springs to mind to describe this violent and powerful novel in which Banks once again demonstrates his extraordinary dark powers of imagination… impressive` The Times
`Brilliantly crafted` Scotsman
`Currents of dark wit swirl through Banks` writing, enriching its buoyancy… and, like Graham Greene, he can readily open the reader`s senses to the «foreignness» of places` Scotland on Sunday
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