The Sea and Poison - Shusaku Endo guided (however obscurely) by a

guided (however obscurely) by a succession of characters

drawn back as if responding to the city’s obscure magnetism

A Small Corner of Hell

And what secrets linger in that last locked room

In recounting his memories with intimate narrative force (not forgetting his own personal passions)

The Sea and Poison - Shusaku Endo guided (however obscurely) by aIn 1950s Japan, Doctor Suguro practises medicine in a backwater still recovering from the war. Quiet and withdrawn, he lives tortured by his conscience and a horrific wartime memory: participating in the vivisection of an American airman, an experiment which led to his agonising death. This spare, harrowing novel, based on real events, is a profound exploration of the pressures of conflict, the moral numbness of conformity, and the painful legacy of