Silence Once Begun -- Jesse Ball

<p>Over the course of several months, eight people vanish from their homes in the same Japanese town, a single playing card found on each door. Known as "the Narito Disappearances," the crime has authorities baffled--until a confession appears on the police's doorstep, signed by one Oda Sotatsu, a thread salesman. <p/>Sotatsu is arrested, jailed, and interrogated, but he refuses to speak. Even as his family comes to visit, even as his execution looms, and even as a young woman named Jito Joo enters his cell, he maintains his vow of silence. And as a journalist's obsession uncovers more to the story, Jesse Ball spins a wildly inventive and emotionally powerful take of unjust conviction and lost love.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Jesse Ball<br><b>Publisher:</b> Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group<br><b>Published:</b> 11/04/2014<br><b>Pages:</b> 256<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.58lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 6.05w x 0.81d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780345805522<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>New York Times Book Review</i> 12/14/2014 pg. 44<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><p>Jesse Ball is the author of three previous novels, including <i>Samedi the Deafness, </i> and several books of verse, bestiaries, and sketchbooks. His awards include the 2008 <i>Paris Review</i> Plimpton Prize; his verse has been included in the Best American Poetry series. He gives classes on lucid dreaming and lying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.</p></p>