Tokyo Tango - Rika Yokomori
Review
Saya is a blissfully
feather-headed Tokyo college girl, talented at doing just enough work to pass
the exams at a top-flight university, but ultimately "without a thought in
her head." She worked as a hostess in a local bar at night, mindlessly
turning tricks with aging businessmen to bring in enough cash to support her
addiction to shopping and clubbing. Her freewheeling lifestyle takes an
unexpected turn one night when she meets Bogey, a mysterious outsider and gambler
who seems to be riding the crest of the wave that is Japan’s economic boom.
"Somehow me and
Bogey hit it off right from the word go; or as he put it, in his weird Japanese
English, we were a ‘just-meet feeling couple.’" As Saya is ensnared
further and further into a world of deceit and high risk, we witness Yokomori’s
Tokyo; a city awash in the flood that money can bring and stirred by an
undercurrent of soft corruption that threatens to slip an entire society away
from its roots. Tokyo Tango is a modern romance that tells an age-old story of
forbidden live brought to life under the bright lights of a city in the grip of
decay.
About the Author
Rika
Yokomori: stated out writing about arts and trends
for Japanese newspapers and magazines in Japan and later New York. On her
return to Japan, she wrote on social issues for Claire magazine. She has
written four novels and is now a freelance writer, commentator, and novelist.
Details
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: The Overlook Press (August
3, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1585678147
ISBN-13: 978-1585678143
Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 1 x 8.8
inches
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