'Sacred, ferocious, and businesslike, Adelstein describes the
Japanese mafia like nobody else' Roberto Saviano, on Tokyo Vice
Makoto Saigo is half-American and half-Japanese in small-town Japan
with a set of talents limited to playing guitar and picking fights.
With rock stardom off the table, he turns toward the only place
where you can start from the bottom and move up through sheer
merit, loyalty, and brute force - the yakuza. Saigo, nicknamed
"Tsunami", quickly realizes that even within the organization,
opinions are as varied as they come, and a clash of philosophies
can quickly become deadly. One screw-up can cost you your life, or
at least a finger. The internal politics of the yakuza are
dizzyingly complex, and between the ever-shifting web of alliances
and the encroaching hand of the law that pushes them further and
further underground, Saigo finds himself in the middle of a
defining decades-long battle that will determine the future of the
yakuza. Written with the insight of an expert on Japanese organized
crime and the compassion of a longtime friend, investigative
journalist Jake Adelstein presents a sprawling biography of a
yakuza, through post-war desperation, to bubble-era optimism, to
the present. Including a cast of memorable yakuza bosses - Coach,
The Buddha, and more - this is a story about the rise and fall of a
man, a country, and a dishonest but sometimes honorable way of life
on the brink of being lost.
General
| Imprint: |
Corsair
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
2024 |
| Authors: |
Jake Adelstein
|
| Dimensions: |
240 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
416 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4721-5831-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-4721-5831-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781472158314 |
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