Gray men
ISBN: | 9781935654506, 1935654500 |
OCLC Number: | 828744758 |
Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
Author: | Tomotake Ishikawa |
Translator: | Jonathan Lloyd-Davies |
Language: | en |
Publisher: | Vertical |
Publication Place: | New York |
Japanese Copyright Year: | 2012 |
English Publication Date: | 2013 |
Notes: | Japanese title: Gurei men. |
Abstract: | Ryotaro Sakuma is your everyday service industry employee. He just happens to work for a jewelry store, where luxury defines status. Sadly Ryo does not fit into this world, so his own boss and his fellow co-workers consistently pick on him to the point where Ryo often comtemplates suicide. Upon making a decision to finally end it all, he hears a voice from a man in an ash-colored suit. This man in grey would call out to him and eventually lead him to what would hopefully be a better place. However, he may have been deceived. Instead, this GRAY would ask Ryo for his help in a major heist. A heist on the very shop Ryo used to work for. This was not some regular hold up either. They would execute a major break-in that would quickly redefine the lives of everyone involved. To do this would be to create a new first impression for life. Winner of the 2011 Golden Elephant Award for International Genre Fiction. |
Subjects: | Mystery and detective stories Occupy movement, Fiction Thriller Tomotake Ishikawa, Translations into English |