Coin Locker Babies; [by] Ryū Murakami ; translated by Stephen Snyder
by Murakami, Ryu
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- Condition
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About This Item
Tokyo ; New York: Kodansha International: Distributed in the United States by Kodansha America, 1998. First paperback ed., first printing (full number line). Paperback. Fine in fine jacket. Small octavo pocketbook-format in color dust jacket (white spine); 393 pages ; 24 cm. English translation of: Koin RokkÄ BeibÄ«zu. Japan's Modern Writers. [series].
"The story of two babies abandoned in a locker at a railroad station. They grow up to represent the darker side of Japanese youth, lacking tradition and religion. One brother becomes a male prostitute, then a rock star, the other goes to jail and becomes involved in a plot to poison Tokyo. By the author of 69"- Publisher
Fiction. Coming of Age. Bildungsromans. Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction. Japan -- Tokyo. Murakami, Ryū, 1952-.
"The story of two babies abandoned in a locker at a railroad station. They grow up to represent the darker side of Japanese youth, lacking tradition and religion. One brother becomes a male prostitute, then a rock star, the other goes to jail and becomes involved in a plot to poison Tokyo. By the author of 69"- Publisher
Fiction. Coming of Age. Bildungsromans. Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction. Japan -- Tokyo. Murakami, Ryū, 1952-.
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- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
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- Title
- Coin Locker Babies; [by] Ryū Murakami ; translated by Stephen Snyder
- Author
- Murakami, Ryu
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First paperback ed., first printing (full number line)
- Publisher
- Kodansha International: Distributed in the United States by Kodansha America
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo ; New York
- Date Published
- 1998
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