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Gangsters, Geishas, Monks & Me - A Memoir of Three Years in the Underbelly of Japan (Paperback) Loot Price: R493
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Gangsters, Geishas, Monks & Me - A Memoir of Three Years in the Underbelly of Japan (Paperback): Gordon Hutchison

Gangsters, Geishas, Monks & Me - A Memoir of Three Years in the Underbelly of Japan (Paperback)

Gordon Hutchison

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As a young American in a Zen monastery in a small Japanese fishing town and later as that town's only resident foreigner, Gordon Hutchison knows mistakes have consequences. But when he befriends the local yakuza boss, his life takes a dramatic turn into the unforgiving dictates of gangsters and geishas-where one misstep could cost him much more. Irreverent yet introspective, Gangsters, Geishas, Monks & Me chronicles Hutchison's odyssey through the foreigner-hostile backdrops of Zen, the yakuza and the "water trade" in his trial-by-fire initiation into Japanese culture. From below-freezing monastery winters to mob meetings with murder on the agenda to love cabaret-style, his graphic narrative is as thought- provoking as it is improbable. A story so rare, so revealing, that 60 Minutes tracked Hutchison down to interview "the only foreigner to hang out with yakuza," Gangsters, Geishas, Monks & Me takes readers deep inside clandestine worlds where few Japanese dare venture and no foreigner has gone before.

General

Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 2012
First published: November 2012
Authors: Gordon Hutchison
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 978-1-4751-5893-9
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Biography > General
LSN: 1-4751-5893-9
Barcode: 9781475158939

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