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Description for East is East
Paperback. Trained in the way of the Samurai, dreaming of the City of Brotherly Love, Hiro Tanaka impetuously jumps ship off the coast of Georgia - only to wash up on a barrier island populated by rednecks, descendants of black slaves, and a colony of crazed artists. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250.
Trained in the way of the Samurai, dreaming of the City of Brotherly Love, Hiro Tanaka impetuously jumps ship off the coast of Georgia - only to wash up on a barrier island populated by rednecks, descendants of black slaves, and a colony of crazed artists. Terrifying one islander - literally - to death, and fleeing not only from the Immigration Agents but also an elderly lady convinced he is Seiji Ozawa, Tanaka is unwittingly caught up in a hilarious and irretievably complicated spider's web of misunderstandings. His sole refuge on the island, the manipulative and ambiguous novelist Ruth Dershowitz, ... Read more
Trained in the way of the Samurai, dreaming of the City of Brotherly Love, Hiro Tanaka impetuously jumps ship off the coast of Georgia - only to wash up on a barrier island populated by rednecks, descendants of black slaves, and a colony of crazed artists. Terrifying one islander - literally - to death, and fleeing not only from the Immigration Agents but also an elderly lady convinced he is Seiji Ozawa, Tanaka is unwittingly caught up in a hilarious and irretievably complicated spider's web of misunderstandings. His sole refuge on the island, the manipulative and ambiguous novelist Ruth Dershowitz, ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication date
1996
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747529330
SKU
KLN0015365
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
Reviews for East is East
'A high-adrenalin story packed with more wit and invention in a single paragraph than many a respected English novel' INDEPENDENT