Standalone novel · 1957
The Sea and Poison
In the last months of the Second World War, Suguro, a young doctor at a university hospital in Kyushu, takes part in the vivisection of captured American airmen, and the novel asks how ordinary people come to do evil.
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Book facts
- Author
- Shūsaku Endō
- Series
- Standalone
- Published
- 1957
- Setting
- Set in Fukuoka
- Characters charted
- 1
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in The Sea and Poison
1 recurring or key character from Shūsaku Endō’s chart. Introduces Suguro.
Lead 1
- SuguroFirst appearanceYoung doctor drawn into wartime experiments