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Japanese-American Rei Shimura is a 27-year-old English teacher living in one of Tokyo's seediest neighborhoods. She doesn't make much money, but she wouldn't go back home to California even if she had a free ticket (which, thanks to her parents, she does.) Her independence is threatened however, when a getaway to an ancient castle town is marred by murder.

Rei is the first to find the beautiful wife of a high-powered businessman, dead in the snow. Taking charge, as usual, Rei searches for clues by crashing a funeral, posing as a bar-girl, and somehow ending up pursued by police and paparazzi alike. In the meantime, she manages to piece together a strange, ever-changing puzzle—one that is built on lies and held together by years of sex and deception.

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Fresh, original and subtly funny, this astonishing debut novel brilliantly captures the fast-changing culture of Japan and its surreal underside in this engaging portrait of an ordinary man battling with the contradictory demands of contemporary life..
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In 1986 Niall Murtagh joined Mitsubishi as a salaryman with a shiny suit in a conglomerate with one hundred thousand employees But, what happens when you give up the salaryman life? This book follows life after the corporation, giving fresh perspectives on Japanese business culture and the problems faced by outsiders in Japan.

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A Japanese corporate climber, transferred with his family to a branch office in America, encounters injustices and faces an intense culture shock for which he is tragically unequipped. A first novel. 10,000 first printing..
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This book is the first comprehensive account of the changing role of men and the construction of masculinity in contemporary Japan. The book moves beyond the stereotype of the Japanese white-collar businessman to explore the diversity of identities and experiences that may be found among men in contemporary Japan, including those versions of masculinity which are marginalized and subversive. The book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of contemporary Japanese society and identity..
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