It is 1954 and a young man is on a trial for murder. He is Kabuo Miyamoto, one of the many Japanese Americans living on the small island of San Piedro. Off the north-west coast of America. Is he responsible for the mysterious death of the fisherman, Carl Heine? Some islanders are happy to think so.
As we follow to trial through the eyes of Ishmael Chambers the local reporter, we see how the Second World War has affected this small community. In the atmosphere of anger … mehrand suspicion that exists on the island, will Kabuo receive a fair trial, and will the true cause of Carl Heine's death be discovered?
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