Opis: Lady Joker Volume 1 - Kaoru Takamura

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.

Szczegóły: Lady Joker Volume 1 - Kaoru Takamura

Tytuł: Lady Joker Volume 1
Autor: Kaoru Takamura
Wydawnictwo: Baskerville Productions
ISBN: 9781529394214
Języki: angielski
Rok wydania: 2023
Ilość stron: 582
Format: 12.5x19.5cm
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.415 kg

Recenzje: Lady Joker Volume 1 - Kaoru Takamura