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Laddar... The Poison Ape: A Shinjuku Shark Novelav Arimasa Osawa
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Ingår i serienShinjuku Shark (2) Prestigefyllda urval
Shunned by his peers and scorned by his superiors, Detective Samejima works alone. The Shark' - as he is known - works the dangerous Shinjuku section of Tokyo. This second instalment of the popular Japanese series finds The Shark embroiled in a conflict between a professional Taiwanese killer, the Taiwanese detective who pursues him and the hard-hearted boss of the Taiwanese Mafia. At stake: Shinjuku, the already treacherous streets of which will seem like an esplanade compared to the battlefield they will become if war breaks out between the Japanese and Taiwanese Mafias.' Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)895.635Literature Literature of other languages Asian (east and south east) languages Japanese Japanese fiction 1945–2000Klassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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This episode in the life of the Shinjuku Shark seems more of a pulp novel than noir/police procedural of the first instalment. It takes a few chapters for the main story arc to get going but when it does the body count rises freely. This is much more violent than its predecessor and involves the rape and torture of a club hostess (prostitute in all but name) who becomes attached to the hit man. There is very little in the way of continuity from the previous book with subsidiary characters only appearing briefly, which in the case of Sho (Samejima's girlfriend) is quite a shame. This is definitely a stand-alone novel with no development of the back-story for the Shark's career stall so anyone who feels inclined can read this without picking up the first.
While Samejima is a good character the story didn't quite grab me as much this time around. Maybe it was that there was more time spent away from the main character while the others were fleshed out. The reliance on a medical condition, which could have easily been resolved, for a plot device always seemed to jar unnecessarily when it reared its ugly inflamed appendix. If the third in the series ever gets translated then I will pick it up as the relationships of the main character are interesting and I find the setting appealing also. ( )