Ryū Murakami

'From the Fatherland, with Love' is set in an alternative, dystopian present in which the dollar has collapsed and Japan's economy has fallen along with it. The North Korean government, sensing an opportunity, sends a fleet of 'rebels' in the first land invasion that Japan has ever faced. Japan can't cope with the surprise onslaught of 'Operation from the Fatherland, with Love.' But the terrorist Ishihara and his band of renegade youths - once dedicated to upseting the Japanese government - turn their deadly attention to the North Korean threat. They will not allow Fukuoka to fall without a fight.

From the Fatherland, with Love

Gregor Gross

North Korea plots to take away a part of Japan and they do this very, very intelligently. Japan can't do nothing against this, because whatever it does, it would look and feel worse. In the end, it is people from outside Japans society that finish off the intruders.

The fields of tension here are different cultures of Asia, poor-rich, city vs. land, inside society or outside and so on. It's really more than just a military thriller or something.

Brook

From the Fatherland, with Love is set in an alternative, dystopian present in which the dollar has collapsed and Japan s economy has fallen along with it. The North Korean government, sensing an opportunity, sends a fleet of rebels in the first land invasion that Japan has ever faced. Japan can't cope with the surprise onslaught of Operation From the Fatherland, with Love. But the terrorist Ishihara and his band of renegade youths - once dedicated to upsetting the Japanese government - turn their deadly attention to the North Korean threat. They will not allow Fukuoka to fall without a fight. Epic in scale, From the Fatherland, with Love is laced throughout with Murakami's characteristically savage violence. It's both a satisfying thriller and a completely mad, over-the-top novel like few others.

From the Fatherland, with Love

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