Escape from Amsterdam by Barrie Sherwood
Aozora - idle university student, future crooked bureaucrat, fresh broken heart - has been playing too much mah-jong and now he's deep in debt. When Auntie Okane dies and leaves him and his sister Mai a priceless inheritance, he thinks his problems are solved. But they're only just beginning. Mai's disappeared and he can't get the cash without her. So begins a fast-paced adventure that takes Aozora to the deep south of Japan and the surreal environs of a Dutch theme park called Amsterdam. It sounds like a holiday, but Aozora is about to enter the real world...Featuring yakuza gangsters, motorcycle gangs, a phoney princess, a genuine rice farmer, tetrapods, topiary dinosaurs, pre-digested coffee, high-tech love dolls, Aozora's own photographs and a selection of Japanese manga, "Escape from Amsterdam" is playful, offbeat, and funny. It paints an unsettling portrait of contemporary Japan and introduces a strikingly original and inventive writer.
Barrie Sherwood was born in 1971 in Hong Kong, the son of missionaries. He has lived in Penticton, Vancouver, Nara, Montreal, and Fukuoka, where he began Escape from Amsterdam. He is a graduate of the creative writing course at East Anglia. He now lives in Norwich.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781862079588 |
| ISBN 10 | 1862079587 |
| Title | Escape from Amsterdam |
| Author | Barrie Sherwood |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Year published | 2007-07-02 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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