Showing posts with label 1995. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1995. Show all posts

Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Haruki Murakami, Underground

Carrying on my recent Murakami kick, I've recently finished reading Underground. Different from the majority of his other work, Underground is a non-fiction book of investigative journalism into the 1995 Tokyo subway attack.  

kindle, Haruki Murakami, Underground, Aum Shrinikyo, Tokyo, 1995, subway attack, sarin gas, book review, investigative journalism, non-fiction, personal response

Although I have heard of the attack before, I'm a little to young to remember any of the details, so the subject of this book was new to me. For those of you who don't know, the 1995 attack occurred when members of the Aum Shrinikyo cult released sarin gas on five subway trains. Thirteen people dies, fifty were severely injured and thousands more suffered ill-effects.

Rating: «««¶¶ (3/5)
For my full review, see after the jump:-