Popular Hits of the Showa Era
β Scribed by Murakami, Ryu
- Book ID
- 110467486
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 102 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780393340372
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β¦ Synopsis
Itβs a set-up like a video game: two rival gangs fight to death for the control of a Tokyo district. In one gang, six young losers committed only to drinking, voyeurism and karaoke singing, in the other six tough independent older women. From ambush to revenge, both groups are gradually decimated until the ultimate showdown. In Murakamiβs inimitably brutal and brilliant style, Popular Hits dissects the gender and generational conflicts of contemporary society in a hilarious satire.
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