"This book . . . examines the problem of police corruption . . . in such a way that the stereotype of the crude, greedy cop who is basically a grown-up delinquent, if not an out-and-out robber, yields to portraits of particular men, often of earnest good will and even more than ordinary compassion, contending with an enormously demanding and challenging job."--Robert Coles, "Ne...(展开全部)

"This book . . . examines the problem of police corruption . . . in such a way that the stereotype of the crude, greedy cop who is basically a grown-up delinquent, if not an out-and-out robber, yields to portraits of particular men, often of earnest good will and even more than ordinary compassion, contending with an enormously demanding and challenging job."--Robert Coles, "Ne...(展开全部)

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 ya...(展开全部)

From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up. At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime . . . crime reporting, that is, at the prestigious Yomiuri Shinbun . For...(展开全部)

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 ya...(展开全部)

From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up. At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime . . . crime reporting, that is, at the prestigious Yomiuri Shinbun . For...(展开全部)

汤姆·高尔德（Tom Gauld） 英国漫画家、插画师，生于1976年，在苏格兰的阿伯丁长大，在《卫报》《纽约时报》等拥有自己的漫画专栏，为《纽约客》绘制了多幅精美的封面。他还为健怡可口可乐设计过限量版包装。目前，他与家人住在伦敦。

汤姆·高尔德（Tom Gauld） 英国漫画家、插画师，生于1976年，在苏格兰的阿伯丁长大，在《卫报》《纽约时报》等拥有自己的漫画专栏，为《纽约客》绘制了多幅精美的封面。他还为健怡可口可乐设计过限量版包装。目前，他与家人住在伦敦。

あなたは得体の知れない混成都市を歩くことになる！ 21歳で上京し、60年間ここに暮らして日々レンズを向け続けたぼくですら、その正体をいまだつかみきれていない。新宿も、池袋も、渋谷も、上野も、浅草も、銀座も、世界に二つとない特徴的な街を形成している。この本には、あの日のときめきを追い求め、路地に這い蹲るようにして彷徨き続けた末、ぼくなりの視点で捉えた、現代の東京の街並みを載せた。もし、この本と、そしてカメラを手に、この街を巡る人がいるならば、どうかそれぞれの視点で、興味の赴くままに、活写してほしい。

Hat, ribbon, bird, rose. To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown in the river or handed over to the Memory Police. Soon enough, the island forgets it ever existed. When a young novelist discovers that her editor is in danger of being taken away by the Memory Police, she desperately wants to save him. For...(展开全部)