The last Yakuza [electronic resource] : : life and death in the Japanese underworld
Jake Adelstein2023
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‘Adelstein tells Saigo’s story with a relish for its comic aspects [and] an
understated feeling for its pathos … one comes away from The Last Yakuza finding
its subject not just sympathetic, but even lovable.’ The Telegraph
The Last Yakuza tells the history of the yakuza like it’s never been told
before.
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 realises that even within the organisation,
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 t...
Main title:
Author:
Jake Adelstein, Author
Imprint:
Brunswick, Vic. : Scribe Publications, 2023
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (416 pages)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781925307221
Language:
English
BRN:
521220
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |