Come to John Muir branch to see acclaimed local author Patrick Brode discuss his new release, Traitor be Default: The Trials of Kanao Inouye, the Kamloops Kid (Dundurn Press, 2024). At the end of World War II, a young Japanese Canadian would stand trial and face execution for having committed war crimes and betraying his country. His reputation was such that he was quickly apprehended after the war and faced charges of war crimes. But his subsequent trials became mired in questions as to who he really was. Was he a Canadian forced to serve in the Japanese military machine? Or was he a devoted soldier of his emperor obeying his superiors?