Книга: Lady Joker (Takamura Kaoru); Baskerville, 2022

Tokyo, 1995. Five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on horses. They have little in common except a deep disaffection with their lives, but together they represent the social struggles and griefs of post-War Japan: a poorly socialized genius stuck working as a welder; a demoted detective with a chip on his shoulder; a Zainichi Korean banker sick of being ostracized for his ethnicity; a struggling single dad of a teenage girl with Down syndrome. The fifth man bringing them all together is an elderly drugstore owner grieving his grandson, who died in suspicious circumstances.

Intent on revenge against a society that values corporate behemoths more than human life, the five conspirators decide to carry out a heist: kidnap the CEO of Japan's largest beer conglomerate and extract blood money from the company's corrupt financiers.

Inspired by the unsolved true-crime kidnapping case perpetrated by "the Monster with 21 Faces," Lady Joker has become a cultural touchstone since its 1997 publication, acknowledged as the magnum opus by one of Japan's literary masters.

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Параметр	Значение
ISBN	9781529394214
Автор(ы)	Takamura Kaoru
Вес	0.42
Возрастное ограничение	16+
Год издания	2022
Жанр	детектив
Издатель	Baskerville
Издательство	Baskerville
Кол-во страниц	576
Количество книг	1
Количество страниц	576
Обложка	мягкая обложка
Серия	Lady Joker
Тип обложки	мягкая