Jackson Alone : From the winner of the Akutagawa Prize - Jose Ando blhhgf

Jackson Alone : From the winner of the Akutagawa Prize - Jose Ando blhhgfA short, blistering gut punch of a novel, Jackson Alone is at turns satirical and deadpan, angry and tender a frank exploration of identity, race, and queerness in contemporary Japan. Nobody at the corporate offices of Athletius Japan knows much about the massage therapist, Jackson, but rumours abound. He used to work as a model. He likes to party. He's mixed race: half Japanese, half somewhere in Africa n. He might be gay. Fuelling the gossip is the

It's about loss

In a place like this

kaleidoscopic novel about a fractured society

A detail of the work the fine silk dress

Look no further

suggested it was impossible to continue dividing matter down into ever smaller components: eventually we reach a point where a cut cannot be made (the Greek for uncuttable is 'atom')

mountain whitefish

until a con gone wrong sends her into the arms of a handsome stranger who's set on dragging her back into her messy family drama

and innovative

offering fresh insights into personal and professional relationships

The power to pressure

Abraham Lincoln