Book Launch: LIV

In this event, Roger Pulvers will speak about “LIV”, as well as his previous novel, “Star Sand”, and show parts of the film “Star Sand” that was released in Japan last year.

Liv Grimstad is riding on a suburban train in Sydney, Australia in 1975 when she takes notice of the old man sitting opposite her. Though his features are different, she recognizes that man by the piercing look in his cornflower-blue eyes. She is convinced it is Donald Meissner, the man who has haunted her memory since they both worked at the German Embassy in Tokyo during the war. He was the beast who tormented and persecuted people, sending them into the hands of the Japanese Military Police. She does not confront him at first but rather sets out on a journey of detective work to uncover this man.

“LIV” is a personal detective story and thrilling historical mystery set in Australia in 1975 and Tokyo in 1945. But it tells a universal tale about how the past bears on our present … and future.

More information on the book is available here.

LIV will be on sale during the evening for £10 (RRP £13.99).