East is East

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Synopsis

Trained in the way of the Samurai, dreaming of the City of Brotherly Love, Hiro Tanaka impetuously jumps ship off the coast of Georgia - only to wash up on a barrier island populated by rednecks, descendants of black slaves, and a colony of crazed artists. Terrifying one islander - literally - to death, and fleeing not only from the Immigration Agents but also an elderly lady convinced he is Seiji Ozawa, Tanaka is unwittingly caught up in a hilarious and irretievably complicated spider's web of misunderstandings. His sole refuge on the island, the manipulative and ambiguous novelist Ruth Dershowitz, only draws him in ever deeper...

Book details

Series:
Panorama De Narrativ Ser.
Author:
T. C. Boyle
ISBN:
9781408826805
Related ISBNs:
9780747529330
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2018-09-08
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1990
Copyright by:
T. C. Boyle 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Literature and Fiction