Nicholas Hogg (born 26 June 1974)[1][2] is an English novelist, short story writer and poet from Leicester, His first novel, Show Me the Sky, was published in 2008 and was followed by The Hummingbird and the Bear in 2011 and Tokyo in 2015.
[4] It centers on the hunt for a missing rock star who left behind only one clue: a page torn from the journal of a 19th-century Fijian missionary.
[5] It was reviewed by Publishers Weekly, which said that while some of the narrative strands developed too slowly, the parts of the book centering on the missionary's return to his homeland of Fiji with a group of Englishmen were a standout: "His vivid adventures at sea will remind many of Poe’s The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.
It is the story of a psychologist who, after a failed marriage, goes to Japan to find his long-lost love, while his daughter is being stalked by a disturbed cult survivor.
[8] It was named one of the "Best Novels of 2015" by The Observer, which called it "an intelligent, gripping and stylish love story set against a beautifully drawn contemporary Japan.