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Wrong About JapanPeter Carey

Wrong About Japan

2004167 pages
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9 editions · 2 languages
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The recipient of two Booker Prizes, Peter Carey expands his extraordinary achievement with each new novel--and now gives us something entirely different.When famously shy Charley becomes obsessed with Japanese manga and anime, Peter is not only delighted for his son but also entranced himself. Thus begins a journey, with a father sharing his twelve-year-old's exotic comic books, that ultimately leads them to Tokyo, WHERE a strange Japanese boy will become both their guide and judge. Quickly the visitors plunge deep into the lanes of Shitimachi--into the "weird stuff" of modern Japan--meeting…

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9 editions · 2 languages
  • Ebook · English · 2009
    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 9780307549716
  • Paperback · English · 2006
    Vintage Canada · 176 pages · 9780679313489
  • Hardcover · English · 2005
    Random House of Canada · 176 pages · 9780679313472
  • Paperback · English · 2004
    Random House Australia · 9781740513258
  • Other · English · 2014
    Faber & Faber, Limited · 176 pages · 9780571306589
  • Other · English · 2005
    Faber & Faber, Limited · 176 pages · 9780571228706
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