Dreaming Pachinko - Softcover

Adamson, Isaac

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060516232 ISBN 13: 9780060516239

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2003

Synopsis

Tokyo, July 2001: Hard-boiled reporter Billy Chaka is back in the neon metropolis interviewing a has-been pop singer turned pachinko fanatic for Youth in Asia magazine. Looks like an easy assignment until he witnesses a beautiful young woman suffer a seizure in the Lucky Benten pachinko hall. When she is later found dead beneath the expressway, Chaka becomes embroiled in an apparent blackmail plot involving a Ministry of Construction official, a brash nineteen-year-old girl, a shadowy entity known only as "Mr. Bojangles," and four silent figures who have a penchant for showing up uninvited inside Chaka's hotel room.

As the bodies pile up and the mystery deepens, Chaka must untangle the lies, obsessions, and seemingly supernatural events that link the dead woman to a forgotten, bloody incident from the desperate closing days of World War II. Spellbinding and hilarious, Dreaming Pachinko will take you on a surreal thrill- ride through the city of the future -- a place where no one can escape the past.

About this title

Review:

"Delightfully weird ... A splendid romp, an offbeat adventure with wacky characters, oddball dialogue, plenty of laughs, and style to spare."--Booklist

"An exuberant mix of urban noir and anime-style action, salted with cheeky humor."--Publishers Weekly

"Isaac Adamson paints an ultra-modern Tokyo that contrasts with its enigmatic history like neon against a dark sky."--Christopher Moore, author of FLUKE: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings and BLOODSUCKING FIENDS: A Love Story

About the Author:

Isaac Adamson was born in Fort Collins, CO, during the Year of the Pig. He plays soccer well, guitar poorly, and is currenly living in Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0060516232
• ISBN 13: 9780060516239
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368