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Item Details
Title:
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CONFESSIONS OF A YAKUZA
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By: |
Jun'ichi Saga |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
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£11.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1568365047 |
ISBN 13: |
9781568365046 |
Publisher: |
KODANSHA AMERICA, INC |
Pub. date: |
22 February, 2013 |
Pages: |
264 |
Description: |
"Previously published as The gambler's tale"--T.p. verso. |
Synopsis: |
This is the true story, as told to the doctor who looked after him just before he died, of the life of one of the last traditional yakuza in Japan. It wasn't a good' life, in either sense of the word, but it was an adventurous one; and the tale he has to tell presents an honest and oddly attractive picture of an insider in that separate, unofficial world. In his low, hoarse voice, he describes the random events that led the son of a prosperous country shopkeeper to become a member, and ultimately the leader, of a gang organizing illegal dice games in Tokyo's liveliest' |
Illustrations: |
1 Illustrations, unspecified |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
Kodansha America, Inc |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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