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His twin sister dead and his mother broken, Eiji Miyake comes to Tokyo from a remote island to track down the father he has never met, a powerful man who paid for the twins while keeping his distance. From a capsule room and the Jupiter Café he plots to get the address from his father's lawyer, in fantasies that keep replacing what actually happens. His search draws him into a friend's revenge plot, a gangland feud over trafficked organs and a string of odd acquaintances, from a lost-property clerk to a waitress he cannot stop thinking about. Between episodes come his childhood memories, his grandfather's wartime past and stories he reads, as the line between waking and dreaming thins.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

Coming of age (assigned by AI)

Set in

Japan

First published

2001

Author's age

32 when first published

ISBN

9780340739761 (Sceptre, United Kingdom)

9780340747971 (Sceptre, United Kingdom)

9780812966923 (Random House Trade Paperbacks, United States)

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