The Sea and Poison by Shusaku Endo Groundswell Speaker 2024 In this gorgeous and unsettling

In this gorgeous and unsettling collection

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The Sea and Poison by Shusaku Endo Groundswell Speaker 2024 In this gorgeous and unsettlingIn 1950s Japan, Doctor Suguro is carrying on a humdrum practice in a small town still recovering from the war. A quiet, withdrawn individual, he has a horrific secret in his past: during the war he participated in an experimental operation on a downed American airman, carrying out a vivisection which led to his agonising death. As we move from the seemingly tranquil, civilised present back into the wartime past, we learn more about the people involved