Wonderful Fool by Mike Endicott

Wonderful Fool by Mike Endicott

Gaston Bonaparte, a young Frenchman, visits Tokyo to stay with his pen-pal Takamori. His appearance is a bitter disappointment to his new friends and his behavior causes them acute embarrassment. He is a trusting person with a simple love for others, and he continues to trust even after they have demonstrated deceit and betrayal. He spends his time not sightseeing but making friends with street children, stray dogs, prostitutes, and gangsters. This novel charts his misadventures with sharp irony, satire, and objectivity.

Shusako Endo (1923-1996) is largely recognized as one of Japan's greatest late-twentieth-century authors and the country's premier Christian novelist. He received numerous major literary honors and was nominated for the Nobel Prize multiple times after his birth in 1923. Deep River, The Last Martyrs, A Life of Jesus, Scandal, Silence, and Wonderful Fool are among his novels that have been translated into 28 languages. Martin Scorsese's long-awaited cinematic adaptation of Silence is in the works and will be released in 2013.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780720613209
ISBN 10	0720613205
Title	Wonderful Fool
Author	Mike Endicott
Series	Peter Owen Modern Classic Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Peter Owen Publishers
Year published	2008-06-01
Number of pages	240
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