I remember when the paperback edition of this novel came out in 1988 (I was in middle school at the time), a few months before then-Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush was elected POTUS, and I recall a quote from Mr. Bush stating that he was “enjoying ‘Kataki’ immensely.”

35 years later, I’m glad to have finally read “Kataki,” as I too enjoyed it immensely. Not only is at a highly engrossing novel, it’s chockful of obscure facts about WWII—particularly the American-descended white Japanese of Chichijima and the many American GIs who suffered ill-effects from the A-bombs—that deserve much more coverage. Kudos to the late Hank Searls for making these facts better-known.2 s Heather Simpson56 1 follower

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