From the Fatherland, with Love is set in an alternative, dystopian present in wh
ich the dollar has collapsed and Japan's economy has fallen along with it. The N
orth 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 surpri
se onslaught of 'Operation From the Fatherland, with Love'.
But the terrorist
Ishihara and his band of renegade youths - once dedicated to upsetting the Japa
nese government-turn their deadly attention to the North Korean threat. They wil
l not allow Fukuoka to fall without a fight. Epic in scale, From the Fatherland,
with Love is laced throughout with Murakami's characteristically savage violenc
e.
It's both a satisfying thriller and a completely mad, over-the-top novel l
ike few others.
