Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
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This Book is in Good Condition. Clean Copy With Light Amount of Wear. 100% Guaranteed. Summary: "Groundbreaking reporting on the yakuza. . . . Adelstein shares juicy, salty, and occasionally funny anecdotes, but many are frightening. . . . Adelstein doesn't lack for self-confidence . . . but beneath the bravado are a big heart and a relentless drive for justice."-- The Boston Globe "Gripping. . . . [Adelstein's] vividly detailed account of investigations into the shadowy side of Japan shows him to be more enterprising, determined and crazy than most. . . . In some of the freshest pages of the book, our unlikely hero tells us about his initiation into the seamy, tough-guy Japan beneath the public courtesies, . . . Adelstein builds his stories with as much surprise and grit as any Al Pacino or Mark Wahlberg movie, blurring the lines between the cops, the crooks and even the journalists. . . . Tokyo Vice is often so snappy and quotable that it sounds as if it were a treatment for a Scorsese movie set in Queens. Yet the facts beneath the noirish lines are assembled with what looks to be ferocious diligence and resourcefulness. For even as he is getting slapped around by thugs and placed under police protection, Adelstein never loses his gift for crisp storytelling and an unexpectedly earnest eagerness to try to rescue the damned."-Pico Iyer, Time "A journalist''s memoir unlike any I''ve ever read."--Dave Davies, Fresh Air "Marvelous. . . . Tokyo Vice offers a fascinating glimpse into Japan's end-of-last-century newspaper culture as seen from a gaijin's perspective. It's filled with startling anecdotes and revelations. . . . Adelstein writes of his quest for scoops with sardonic wit, and his snappy style mixes the tropes of detective fiction with the broader perspective of David Simon's books as he makes a careful account of his journalistic wins and losses. . . . The author's gallows humor bleeds into even darker, more serious hues once Adelstein starts covering the Japanese mafia. . . . Astonishingly proves that no matter how weird and perverse Japan may seem in fiction, the real thing never fails to exceed our most violent expectations."-Sarah Weinman, Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind " Tokyo Vice succeeds on several levels: as gripping journalism, as a ragged crime tale, as culture-shock memoir. Stakes are raised in its third act as the yakuza exercise increasing pressure on Adelstein, but he pursues the story anyway. Obviously, he lived to tell his tale - and thank goodness, because it's a fascinating one." -BOOKGASM "Engrossing. . . . fast-paced."- The Atlanta-Journal Constitution "Exposes Tokyo's darkest, seamiest, most entertaining corners. . . . [A] gritty, true-to-life account of 12 years on the news beat as a staffer for a Japanese daily - and it is exceptional. Its classic atmospherics rekindle memories of Walter Winchell and Eliot Ness. It's a tale of adrenalin-depleting 80-hour weeks, full ashtrays, uncooperative sources, green tea, hard liquor, and forays into the commercialized depravity of Shinjuku's Kabukicho. . . . Definitely raises the bar. . . . A classic piece of 20th century crime reporting."- The Japan Times "[A] gripping story. . . . Pulls the curtain back on a sordid element of Japanese society that few Westerners ever see. In addition to his clash with [a] yakuza boss, Adelstein details the more notable cases from his 12-year career at the Yomiuri , including "The Chichibu Snack-mama Murder Case" and "The Emperor of Loan Sharks." No less fascinating is the view Adelstein provides into Japanese society itself. . . . Adelstein''s Tokyo is a veritable Gomorrah where nearly every act of intimacy is legally bought and sold."- San Francisco Examiner "Debut author Adelstein began with a routine, but never dull, police beat; before long, he was notorious worldwide for engaging the dirtiest, top-most villains of Japan''s organized criminal underworld, the yakuza. Thanks to [Adelstein''s] immersive reporting, r.

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A riveting true-life tale of newspaper noir and Japanese organized crime from an American investigative journalist.   Jake Adelstein is the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police Press Club, where for twelve years he covered the dark side of Japan: extortion, murder, human trafficking, fiscal corruption, and of course, the yakuza. But when his final scoop exposed a scandal that reverberated all the way from the neon soaked streets of Tokyo to the polished Halls of the FBI and resulted in a death threat for him and his family, Adelstein decided to step down. Then, he fought back. In Tokyo Vice he delivers an unprecedented look at Japanese culture and searing memoir about his rise from cub reporter to seasoned journalist with a price on his head. Paperback, Label: Vintage, Vintage, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2010-10-05, Freigegeben: 2010-10-05, Studio: Vintage, Verkaufsrang: 100440.

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A riveting true-life tale of newspaper noir and Japanese organized crime from an American investigative journalist.   Jake Adelstein is the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police Press Club, where for twelve years he covered the dark side of Japan: extortion, murder, human trafficking, fiscal corruption, and of course, the yakuza. But when his final scoop exposed a scandal that reverberated all the way from the neon soaked streets of Tokyo to the polished Halls of the FBI and resulted in a death threat for him and his family, Adelstein decided to step down. Then, he fought back. In Tokyo Vice he delivers an unprecedented look at Japanese culture and searing memoir about his rise from cub reporter to seasoned journalist with a price on his head. Paperback, Label: Vintage, Vintage, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2010-10-05, Freigegeben: 2010-10-05, Studio: Vintage, Verkaufsrang: 100440.

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