Suguro, a respected and famous Catholic writer, finds his life scandalized by accusations that he frequents the red-light district, and he soon discovers an imposter who forces him to question his own moral character
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Shusaku Endo is widely regarded as one of the greatest Japanese authors of the late 20th century. He has won many major literary awards and was nominated for the Nobel Prize several times. He is the author of Deep River, The Samurai, The Sea and Poison, Silence, and Wonderful Fool.
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Seller: Alta-Glamour Inc., Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
1st Canadian edition. 261 pp. Translated by Van C. Gessel. Suguro is an eminent Catholic novelist who is about to receive a major literary award. When a drunk woman he has never met before approaches him at the award ceremony, claiming she knows him well from his regular visits to Tokyo's red-light district, he assumes she must surely be mistaken. But with a scurrilous press campaign damaging Suguro's reputation, his sleazy doppelgänger appears more and more, as if deliberately trying to discredit him. He is sighted touring the love hotels and brothels of Shinjuku; a leering portrait of him appears in an exhibitionâ"and Suguro is forced to undertake a journey into Tokyo's seedy heart in order to discover the dreadful truth. Boards in dust jacket. Light shelfwear; small scuff to back panel of dj. Very good. Seller Inventory # 93583
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Seller: The Oregon Room - Well described books!, Phoenix, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Stated 1st Canadian edition, Fine-minus/Very Good DJ in Mylar, dustjacket has 2 short tears at heel of spine, creases at bootom edge, in new Mylar, no markings found, not a remainder, square corners. Seller Inventory # b0423
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Seller: The Oregon Room - Well described books!, Phoenix, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Stated 1st Canadian edition, NF/F- minus DJ in Mylar, dustjacket has very mild shelfwear, in Mylar, last name on endpaper- no other markings found, not a remainder, square corners, a nice copy. Seller Inventory # b0424
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Seller: B-Line Books, Amherst, NS, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Canadian Edition. Stiff book unmarked but for name to front endpaper and small withdrawn stamp (not a library book) ; inbright dus tjacket with shelfwear; 261 pages. Seller Inventory # 57147
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Seller: The Book Lovers, Philo, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Canadian Edition. DJ has edge wear. Famous award winning Japanese author. Seller Inventory # 000574
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