A riveting true-life tale of newspaper noir and Japanese organised
crime from an American investigative journalist. Now a Max Original
Series on HBO Max ---------- EITHER ERASE THE STORY, OR WE'LL ERASE
YOU. AND MAYBE YOUR FAMILY. BUT WE'LL DO THEM FIRST, SO YOU LEARN
YOUR LESSON BEFORE YOU DIE. From the only American journalist ever
to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police
press club: a unique, first-hand, revelatory look at Japanese
culture from the underbelly up. At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to
Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of
crime . . . crime reporting, that is, at the prestigious Yomiuri
Shinbun. Working eighty-hour weeks for twelve years, he covered the
seedy side of Japan, where extortion, murder, human trafficking and
corruption are as familiar as ramen noodles and sake. But when his
final scoop brought him face-to-face with Japan's most infamous
yakuza boss - and the threat of death for him and his family -
Adelstein decided to step down . . . momentarily. Then, he fought
back. With its visceral descriptions and detailed exploration of
the modern-day yakuza, Tokyo Vice is a deeply thought-provoking
book: equal parts cultural expose, true crime and hard-boiled noir.
'Expertly told and highly entertaining' GEORGE PELECANOS, writer
and producer of The Wire 'Sacred, ferocious, and businesslike,
Adelstein describes the Japanese mafia like nobody else' ROBERTO
SAVIANO, author of Gomorrah 'Gripping and absorbing . . . A
terrifying, deeply moral story that you cannot put down' MISHA
GLENNY, author of McMafia
General
| Imprint: |
Corsair
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
June 2010 |
| Authors: |
Jake Adelstein
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 130 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
390 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-84901-464-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
True stories >
Crime
|
| LSN: |
1-84901-464-7 |
| Barcode: |
9781849014649 |
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