East Is East

by Emma Lathen

Paper Book, 1991

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Collection

Publication

New York : Simon & Schuster, c1991.

Description

Fiction. Mystery. HTML: International, Robotics & Finance, with John Putnam Thatcher going to Japan, Alaska, and elsewhere on the Sloan business and solving an International murder involving Japanese, Koreans, and Americans..

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This book was written just as the Japanese miracle was about to unravel, but for the moment Japanese banks have displaced Sloan Guaranty Trust as the world's third largest bank, and Thatcher is sent to Japan to negotiate with Japanese banks and also keep an eye on an American electronic business
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trying to buy into the Japanese market. Amidst the negotiations, a bureaucrat from Japan's powerful Ministry of International Trade and Investment is murdered.
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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1991

Physical description

268 p.; 22 cm

ISBN

0671737074 / 9780671737078
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