Total Page : 352
Publisher : Pantheon
Publication Date : 2009 10 13
>> Another great story of a gajin
Tokyo Vice is the best book I have read in the past year I must have a fondness for the gajin immersed in the oriental culture genre I also liked American Shaolin and Bangkok 8
Not only is the subject matter compelling but the writing itself propels you forward through each chapter
>> Interesting but a bit convoluted
This book is written like an unedited newspaper article really interesting stories and cool cultural background stuff about the Japanese way of life but it seems to me the stories need to be organized and chopped a bit to make them flow a little easier It s like sitting on a jury in a large trial the material is really amazing but each has a tendency to drag on and on and get a little confusing
>> Disappointing
I had really high hopes for this book but it was not to be The first third of this book is mostly filler and then when we get to the meat of the matter it s written rather dull Adelstein also seems to think we re all so interested in his sex life and I wasn t I was interested in the Yakuza I m sure the man had amazing experiences but I didn t think he communicated them very well
