In post-WWII occupied Japan, a man appears in a Tokyo bank, there to treat everyone who may have been exposed to dysentery. Soon 12 people are dead, and he is gone. Twelve voices tell the story from different perspectives in this Rashomon-like retelling of these murders – and the hidden wartime atrocities that led to the crimes. Based on an actual event. "Stunning... a product of extensive historical research, remarkable imagination, and deep insight."—Booklist