Description: Lady Joker by Kaoru Takamura Goldsboro Exclusive, Signed & Numbered #107 UK First Edition, First Printing Special Sprayed Edges Limited Edition with only 300 copies printed, which are all sold out. The book is new and unread from a smoke-free home. It is also covered in clear, protective, removable film. After payment is confirmed, the book will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped. Please reach out if you have any questions. Book Synopsis: One of Japan’s great modern masters, Kaoru Takamura, makes her English-language debut with this two-volume publication of her magnum opus. 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 race; 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 has died suspiciously after the revelation of a family connection with the segregated buraku community, historically subjected to severe discrimination. 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, twice adapted for film and TV and often taught in high school and college classrooms.
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Signed By: Kaoru Takamura
Book Title: Lady Joker
Signed: Yes
Ex Libris: No
Book Series: Lady Joker
Narrative Type: Fiction
Original Language: English
Publisher: Baskerville
Inscribed: No
Intended Audience: Adults
Edition: First Edition, Limited Edition
Personalize: No
Publication Year: 2022
Type: Novel
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Personalized: No
Author: Kaoru Takamura
Features: Dust Jacket, Sprayed Edges, Signed, 1st Edition
Genre: Mystery, Fiction, Japan, Crime
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Topic: Books
