"Adrenaline-filled." -- The New Yorker "Tense and powerful." -- The Wall Street Journal "A fantastic, page turner of a thriller" --Iain Maloney, The Japan Times "A lovely examination of what it means for something to be important both locally and globally." --Tara Wilson Redd, The Washington Times "An astringent, unforgiving picture of modern Japanese society." --Barry Forshaw, The Guardian " Seventeen is a thrilling, thought-provoking, and important book, and one for anyone who cares about the state of journalism." --Hans Rollmann, PopMatters "More than your standard thriller . A meditative and multilayered narrative that is as much about a man at a mid-life crossroads as it is about journalism or a plane crash." --Tara Cheesman, Los Angeles Review of Books "An engrossing thriller .

Readers will be deeply moved." -- Publishers Weekly "A darkly humorous tale." -- Booklist.