Lost Girls and Love Hotels: A Novel - Brossura

Hanrahan, Catherine

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ISBN 10: 0060846844 ISBN 13: 9780060846848

Casa editrice: Harper Perennial, 2006

Riassunto

Working as an English specialist at Air-Pro Stewardess Training Institute, Margaret represses memories of her painful childhood and her brother's madness in the hedonistic, sex-and-drugs world of Tokyo nightlife, until her increasing obsession with a Western girl missing in the city and her affair with a mysterious Japanese gangster turn her life upside down. Reader's Guide available. Original. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione

“Edgy, hip... This insider view of high–end Japanese youth culture is wicked and unsparing.” (Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW)

“This ambitious first novel may blow a few of the book-and-brunch set out of their orientalist armchairs...” (Toronto Globe and Mail)

“Hanrahan presents a Tokyo far from cherry blossoms and Zen temples...an admirable debut, sharp as a samurai’s sword.” (Calgary Herald)

“Catherine Hanrahan’s first novel, Lost Girls And Love Hotels, shows huge potential.” (Now Magazine (Canada))

“Lost Girls and Love Hotels could almost be read as an alternative travel guide.” (Quill & Quire)

L'autore

Catherine Hanrahan 's fiction has appeared in Zoetrope All-Story Extra and Open City. Born in Montreal, she has lived in Thailand, England, and Japan, where she worked as a bar hostess and English teacher.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Harper Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060846844
• ISBN 13: 9780060846848
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 240