Books
October, 2002
The Trouble with HarryWhat happened in Tokyo on the eve of Pearl Harbor? Martin Cruz Smith's December 6 (Simon and Schuster) paints a vivid picture in broad and subtle strokes. At its center is American expat Harry Niles, a hustler with heart (think Bogart in Casablanca) who tries to con his way out of Japan before war breaks out. His problem is that he has spent most of his life there, and he is torn between two worlds and two women-a fiercely romantic Asian beauty and the cool, sexy wife of a...