Life for sale : a novel
Title
:
Life for sale : a novel
Author
:
Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970 author.
Uniform Title
:
Inochi urimasu. English
ISBN
:
9780525565147
Physical Description
:
188 pages ; 21 cm.
Subject Term
:
Suicide -- Fiction.
Exploitation -- Fiction.
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Black humor (Literature).
Added Author
:
Dodd, Stephen, 1955-
Summary
:
After botching a suicide attempt, salaryman Hanio Yamada decides to put his life up for sale in the classifieds section of a Tokyo newspaper. But what begins as mere nihilism takes a turn for the unexpected as interested parties come calling with increasingly bizarre requests. What follows is a madcap comedy of errors, involving a jealous husband, a drug-addled heiress, poisoned carrots--even a vampire. For someone who just wants to die, Hanio can't seem to catch a break, as he finds himself caught up in a continent-wide conspiracy that puts him in the cross hairs of both his own government and a powerful organized-crime cartel. --
Library | Call Number | Status |
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Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | FICTION MIS | Fiction Collection |
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | FICTION MIS | Fiction Collection |