Who is Mr Satoshi? - Softcover

Lee, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099537680 ISBN 13: 9780099537687

Publisher: Windmill Books, 2011

Synopsis

On the day his mother dies reclusive photographer Rob Fossick - forty-one and already in the twilight of his career - finds among her belongings an unexplained package addressed to a 'Mr Satoshi'.

So begins a quest that will propel Rob, anxious and unprepared, into the urban maelstrom of Tokyo. With the help of a colourful group of new acquaintances - a vigilant octogenarian; a beautiful 'love hotel' receptionist; an ex-sumo wrestler obsessed with Dolly Parton - the scene seems set for him to unravel the secrets surrounding Mr Satoshi's identity. But until he has faced his own demons, and begun to reconnect with the world around him, the answers Rob craves will remain tantalisingly beyond his reach ...

Combining several interlocking mysteries spanning sixty years of history, Who Is Mr Satoshi? is a uniquely inventive story from a dazzling new voice in British fiction.

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Review:

"Compelling, funny and beautifully written, this novel is one of those rare treats - a book you won't want to put down" (Jennie Rooney, author of INSIDE THE WHALE)

"Jonathan Lee paints an exhilarating portrait of modern day Tokyo in limpid, intelligent prose as we accompany his narrator along his wildly labyrinthine voyage through the city." (Chloe Aridjis)

"Funny and moving, Who Is Mr Satoshi? introduces another newcomer who will catch prize judges' attentions. Set in Japan, it concerns Rob Fossick, an English photographer who has been unable to work since his wife died. When his mother, too, is suddenly killed, he discovers she has left instructions that he must deliver a package to a mysterious Mr Satoshi in Tokyo. Lurching from crisis to crisis as he stumbles drunk and weeping through a strange culture, he engages the help of a pink-haired Japanese girl and a former sumo wrestler. Fossick (a great name for someone on a quest) eventually unravels a mystery stretching back to the time of the Allied occupation." (Giles Foden, author of THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND)

"an elegant and incisive examination of how history and our perceptions of the world are partial, filtered, and continually revised...Who is Mr Satoshi? ask[s] intriguing questions about how we see, remember and narrate our lives." (Observer)

"a lyrical page-turner" (Naomi Alderman)

Book Description:

Inventive and mysterious, WHO IS MR SATOSHI? introduces a major new talent to contemporary fiction.

About this edition

• Publisher: Windmill Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0099537680
• ISBN 13: 9780099537687
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304