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A window on modern Japan, this off-kilter, anti-sentimental literary thriller is an eye-opening journey into the hinterlands of a postmodern nation. Kyoto University student Aozora Fujiwara has been playing too much mah-jong and now he's deep in debt. When Aunt Okane ('money') dies and leaves a collection of priceless art to him and his sister, Mai, he thinks his problems are solved. But they're only just beginning: Mai's disappeared and he can't liquidate the estate without her. The quest that ensues takes Aozora to the deep south of Japan and the unlikely setting of a Dutch theme park called, Amsterland... The joy in Sherwood's tale is in Aozora's madcap journey, during which he meets a slew of silly--and often sinister--souls. Among them: an oyster-loving businessman who sells lifelike inflatable dolls, and a corpulent crime boss who looks like a cross between Liberace and Kim Jong-Il. In his carefully woven descriptions, Sherwood shows unusual insight into a fastchanging society of disaffected youth and sleazy governance. This picaresque on steroids offers a refreshingly irreverent look at contemporary life in a not entirely implausible Japan.
About the Author: Barrie Sherwood was born in Hong Kong and brought up in Canada. He is the author of the novel The Pillow Book of Lady Kasa and a collection of stories titled The Angel Tiger. He lives in Singapore.


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  • ISBN-13: 9789814914086
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House Sea
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 750 gr
  • ISBN-10: 9814914088
  • Publisher Date: 20 Apr 2021
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Width: 133 mm

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