japanese literature in english

Gray men

Translated by: Jonathan-Davies Lloyd

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Ryotaro Sakuma is your everyday service industry employee. He just happens to work for a jewelry store, where luxury defines status. Sadly Ryo does not fit into this world, so his own boss and his fellow co-workers consistently pick on him to the point where Ryo often comtemplates suicide. Upon making a decision to finally end it all, he hears a voice from a man in an ash-colored suit. This man in grey would call out to him and eventually lead him to what would hopefully be a better place. However, he may have been deceived. Instead, this GRAY would ask Ryo for his help in a major heist. A heist on the very shop Ryo used to work for. This was not some regular hold up either. They would execute a major break-in that would quickly redefine the lives of everyone involved. To do this would be to create a new first impression for life. Winner of the 2011 Golden Elephant Award for International Genre Fiction.

Japanese title: Gurei men
Subjects: Mystery and detective stories
Occupy movement, Fiction
Thriller
Tomotake Ishikawa, Translations into English
Notes: Japanese title: Gurei men.
Description: 253 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 9781935654506
OCLC Number: 828744758
Genre: Fiction
Document Type: Book
Publisher: Vertical
Publication Place: New York
Japanese Publication Date: 2012
English Publication Date: 2013

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