Lady Joker: Volume 1 av Kaoru Takamura

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<p><u>*<b>THE JAPANESE CRIME CLASSIC - ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD*</b></u><br><br><b><font></b><b>''One of the great masterpieces of Japanese crime fiction and one of the must-read books of this or any year'' David Peace</font></b><br><br><b>Tokyo, 1995. </b>Five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on horses. They have little in common except a deep disaffection with their lives, but together they represent the social struggles and griefs of post-War Japan: a poorly socialized genius stuck working as a welder; a demoted detective with a chip on his shoulder; a Zainichi Korean banker sick of being ostracized for his ethnicity; a struggling single dad of a teenage girl with Down syndrome. The fifth man bringing them all together is an elderly drugstore owner grieving his grandson, who died in suspicious circumstances.<br><br>Intent on revenge against a society that values corporate behemoths more than human life, the five conspirators decide to carry out a heist: kidnap