<p>From Martin Cruz Smith， author of <em>Gorky Park</em> and <em>Havana Bay</em>， comes another audacious novel of exotic locales， intimate intrigues and the mysteries of the human heart: <em>December 6.</em> <br />

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<p>Set in the crazed， nationalistic Tokyo of late 1941， <em>December 6</em> explores the coming world war through the other end of history's prism -- a prism held here by an unforgettable rogue and lover， Harry Niles. <br />

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<p>In many ways， Niles should be as American as apple pie: raised by missionary parents， taught to respect his elders and be an honorable and upright Christian citizen dreaming of the good life on the sun-blessed shores of California. But Niles is also Japanese: reared in the aesthetics of Shinto and educat</p>