UNKNOWN

"Originally released 20 years ago, this superb novel returns in a well-deserved reissue... Hiroshi’s recovery, family dynamics, and inner life are all fascinatingly described in rich detail. This edition features a new foreword and afterword, offering insightful context on how the author’s own time in Japan inspired this irreverent, poignant, and wondrously odd tale."
— Alexander Moran, Booklist (starred review)

The funny and tragic story of a Japanese jazz musician's first encounter with America, presented here in its 20th Anniversary edition. A young man who overthinks everything but doesn't understand himself, Hiroshi encounters unexpected adversity and faces destruction unless he can figure out who he really is. Hiroshi's sturggle for self-acceptance is a tale with unviversal resonance.

The 20th Anniversary edition of a novel whose reputation has continued to grow over the years.

Michael Antman is the author of the novels Cherry Whip and Everything Solid Has a Shadow and the co-author, with Irina Velitskaya, of the forthcoming novel A Distant Place of Slaughter. He is an urban photographer, poet, and book and theatre critic, and a two-time finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's Nona Balakian Award for Excellence in Reviewing. He is the former Global Head of Marketing for a Fortune 100 Company. He lived in Japan for two and a half years, and now makes his home in Chicago.

Praise for Cherry Whip:

"Whip smart... humane and warm" ~ Time Out Chicago

"A marvellous novel" ~ Curled Up With A Good Book

"Moving and sexy and funny in fresh ways" ~ Jay Rubin, Editor, The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories and translator of Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

"A terrific and fascinating character study" ~Estella's Revenge