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Simon’s 2024 Year in Books
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Travelling North: A Hitchhiker's Tale
Uramoto-san was short, in his thirties, with a buzz cut and a smile that practically broke his face in half. At eight p.m. he fired up his Fuso and told me to jump in. We would be carrying a consignment of senbei to Kōfu city in Yamanashi prefecture, he said. As we pulled out of Himeji under stormy skies, I imagined the accident scene—the cops, ambulance crew, everyone standing around munching o Read more of this blog post »
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Simon Rowe
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Ashley's review
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Japan Unmasked: The Character & Culture of the Japanese (Tuttle Classics):
"I had high hopes, as I always do for books about Japan, but this one failed to live up to them for two serious reasons:
1, there was sore need of an editor, if for nothing else than to arrange the random chapters into some kind of order; a better edit" Read more of this review » |
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Simon Rowe
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Trevor Raichura's review
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Pearl City: Stories from Japan and Elsewhere:
"Really well done. I felt like I was being transported to all sorts of unique places. The author described them so well and captivated the reader in a very short amount of time. Short stories like these are what the word needs more of. Looking forward"
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Latest update 17th Feb 2025
Mami Suzuki: Private Eye by Simon Rowe It feels like I am traveling with Mami Suzuki in Japan, helping her solve customer cases. Honestly, this is my first time reading a story about an amateur sleuth who is a woman, and " Read more of this review » |
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"📖 Since most contemporary novels focus on male detectives who've always had police force backgrounds or contacts, the choice of the protagonist being a single mother who's also a hotel receptionist, is intriguing to say the least. The text highlights"
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Pearl City: Stories from Japan and Elsewhere
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| A rollicking read which reminded me a lot of of Dan Brown's cyber thriller "Digital Fortress", only with more dry humor and Japanese sake (or should that be humor and dry sake?). Although this is the second installment in the Ted Hara series, it's ea ...more | |
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“I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard.”
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