A salesman for The Company searches hazily for his wife, grasping at memories just out of reach. When they ask after her he tells them she's dead. They say she may be in Tokyo.
Set in the very near future, Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore presents a dystopian vision akin to Orwell's 1984 - while evoking the bewildering visual universe of Blade Runner.
One of Spain's most successful authors has produced a dizzying picaresque novel of drug-fuelled nights and wild sexual encounters: dealing with issues as diverse as loss, chemical dependency and the power of the multi-national conglomerates.
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"Loriga is set to join that select band of writers - like Michael Houellebecq and Hruki Murakami - who are busy retooling fiction for the 21st century" Big Issue
A salesman for "The Comany" searches hazily for his wife, grasping at memories just out of reach. When they ask about her, he tells them she's dead. People say she may be in Tokyo.
While evoking the bewildering visual universe of Blade Runner, Loriga, one of Spain's most successful authors, has produced a dizzying picaresque novel of drug-fuelled nights and wild sexual encounters taht deals with themes as diverse as loss, chemical dependency and globalisation.
"Provides a blend of Kerouac's wild wandering and Burroughs' use of narcotics as a metaphor for just about every level of human existence" Guardian
"A brilliant novel from an emerging cult writer" Scotland on Sunday
"Both disturbing and funny...uses elements of contemporary life to offer a dark warning about where we might be heading" New Statesman
Translated from the Spanish by John King
Cover design & montage by James Hutcheson
Photographs (c) Photonica
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A salesman for 'the company' searches hazily for his wife, grasping at memories just out of reach. When they ask about her, he tells them she's dead. People say she may be in Tokyo. Set in the very near future, Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore presents a dystopian vision akin to Orwell's 1984 - while evoking the bewildering visual universe of Blade Runner. Loriga, one of Spain's most successful authors, has produced a dizzying picaresque novel of drug-fuelled nights and wild sexual encounters that deals with themes as diverse as loss, chemical dependency and globalisation. 'Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore' is a disturbing and exhilirating novel that is so alarming, not only for its disarming humour, but for its observations and its conclusions that may not be too far from reality. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781841955001