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Tokyo Vice

By Jake Adelstein

Tokyo Vice Art & Literature

Tokyo Vice

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'EITHER ERASE THE STORY, OR WE'LL ERASE YOU. AND MAYBE YOUR FAMILY. BUT WE'LL DO THEM FIRST, SO YOU LEARN YOUR LESSON BEFORE YOU DIE.' From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, first-hand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up. At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquillity. What he got was a life of crime . . . crime reporting, that is, at the prestigious Yomiuri Shinbun. Working eighty-hour weeks for twelve years, he covered the seedy side of Japan, where extortion, murder, human trafficking and corruption are as familiar as ramen noodles and sake. But when his final scoop brought him face-to-face with Japan's most infamous yakuza boss - and the threat of death for him and his family - Adelstein decided to step down . . . momentarily. Then, he fought back. With its vivid, visceral descriptions of crime in Japan and an exploration of the world of modern-day yakuza that even few Japanese ever see, Tokyo Vice is a deeply thought-provoking book: equal parts cultural exposé, true crime and hard-boiled noir. 'TERRIFIC. WITH GALLOWS HUMOUR AND A HARD-BOILED VOICE . . . EXPERTLY TOLD AND HIGHLY ENTERTAINING' GEORGE PELECANOS, WRITER AND PRODUCER OF THE WIRE 'Ferocious, Adelstein describes the Japanese mafia like nobody else.' Roberto Saviano, author of Gomorrah 'Gripping and absorbing ... A terrifying, deeply moral story that you cannot put down.' Misha Glenny, author of McMafia.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
400
Release Date:
2010-06-24
Publication Date:
2010-06-24
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1849014647
ISBN13:
9781849014649
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
320 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
197 cm
Thickness:
28 cm

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