Lady joker. Volume 1
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Rock County Community Library - Adult Fiction | TAKAMURA | On Shelf |
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576 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Volume one of two.
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First published in Japan in 1997 under the title 'Redi jōkā' by Shinchosha Publishing Co., Ltd. First English translation published in 2021 by Soho Press, Inc.
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Tokyo, 1995. Five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on horses. They have little in common except a deep disaffection with their lives, but together they represent the social struggles and griefs of post-War Japan: a poorly socialised genius stuck working as a welder; a demoted detective with a chip on his shoulder; a Zainichi Korean banker sick of being ostracised for his ethnicity; a struggling single dad of a teenage girl with Down syndrome. The fifth man bringing them all together is an elderly drugstore owner grieving his grandson, who has died suspiciously. Intent on revenge against a society that values corporate behemoths more than human life, the five conspirators decide to carry out a heist: kidnap the CEO of Japan's largest beer conglomerate and extract blood money from the company's corrupt financiers. Inspired by the unsolved true-crime kidnapping case perpetrated by "the Monster with 21 Faces," Lady Joker has become a cultural touchstone since its 1997 publication, acknowledged as the magnum opus by one of Japan's literary masters, twice adapted for film and TV and often taught in high school and college classrooms.
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Translated from the Japanese.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Takamura, K., Iida, M., & Powell, A. M. (2022). Lady joker . Baskerville, an imprint of John Murray.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Takamura, Kaoru, 1953-, Marie, Iida and Allison Markin, Powell. 2022. Lady Joker. Baskerville, an imprint of John Murray.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Takamura, Kaoru, 1953-, Marie, Iida and Allison Markin, Powell. Lady Joker Baskerville, an imprint of John Murray, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Takamura, Kaoru, Marie Iida, and Allison Markin Powell. Lady Joker Baskerville, an imprint of John Murray, 2022.
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