REVIEW Scottish missionaries and Japanese prostitutes in an absorbing historical tale
Published by the small Glasgow imprint Ringwood, T.Y. Garner’s debut novel received virtually no attention when it came out in late February, which is a terrible injustice as it’s a heady dive into late 19th Century Japan by an author of great talent, featuring a protagonist cut off from his roots and forced to find a role for himself in an unfamiliar land.