Books by Susan Barker and Complete Book Reviews

Susan Barker, Author . St. Martin's Griffin $13.95 (382p) ISBN 978-0-312-36210-2
British author Barker's piquant debut chronicles the life of Mary, a young Englishwoman working as a hostess at the Sayonara Bar in Osaka, Japan. Though not a prostitute, Mary is paid an hourly wage to flirt and converse with the bar's...
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Susan Barker. S&S/Touchstone, $26 (384p) ISBN 978-1-5011-0678-1
With her latest, Barker (Sayonara Bar) produces a page-turning reincarnation fantasy. In modern-day Beijing, Driver Wang receives anonymous letters from a source claiming to have known him in five previous lifetimes over the past 1,000 years. The...
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Susan Barker. Putnam, $29 (352p) ISBN 978-0-593-71829-2
Barker (The Incarnations) delivers a sweeping work of literary horror that spans the globe yet remains distinctly itchy beneath the skin. Strangers Jake and Mariko meet at an airport in Japan and, over the course of their brief conversation, uncover
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