FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SIX FOUR: A TENSE INVESTIGATION IN THE AFTERMATH OF
AN AIR DISASTER - FOR FANS OF SPOTLIGHT AND AFTER THE CRASH.'He's a master' New York Times Book
Review'Very different . . . to almost anything out there' Observer1985. Kazumasa Yuuki a
seasoned reporter at the North Kanto Times runs a daily gauntlet against the power struggles
and office politics that plague its newsroom. But when an air disaster of unprecedented scale
occurs on the paper's doorstep its staff are united by an unimaginable horror and a
once-in-a-lifetime scoop.2002. Seventeen years later Yuuki remembers the adrenaline-fuelled
emotionally charged seven days that changed his and his colleagues' lives. He does so while
making good on a promise he made that fateful week - one that holds the key to its last
unsolved mystery and represents Yuuki's final unconquered fear.'Seventeen is a brilliant
novel on any level - it's a gripping page turner while remaining moving and complex. It's a
deeply satisfying read and it will be a while before I read anything as good' William Ryan'An
astringent unforgiving picture of modern Japanese society' Guardian
