9780099503699-0099503697-Death of a Salaryman

Death of a Salaryman

ISBN-13: 9780099503699
ISBN-10: 0099503697
Edition: Reprint
Author: Fiona Campbell
Publication date: 2009
Publisher: Vintage UK
Format: Paperback 368 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780099503699
ISBN-10: 0099503697
Edition: Reprint
Author: Fiona Campbell
Publication date: 2009
Publisher: Vintage UK
Format: Paperback 368 pages

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Death of a Salaryman (ISBN-13: 9780099503699 and ISBN-10: 0099503697), written by authors Fiona Campbell, was published by Vintage UK in 2009. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Death of a Salaryman (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.49.

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Wonderfully surreal and painfully real, this is the story of a Japanese salaryman who loses his job at a TV corporation on his 40th birthday and slips through to a different layer of society. In a shadowy world where curious characters show him the way—a traveling salesman with a passion for Elvis, a pachinko pro with dreams of returning to Hawaii, and a TV producer who will stop at nothing to get his big break—Kenji sets off on a roller-coaster ride of misadventures. Via a bizarre chain of happenstance (including being struck by lightning while wielding a golf club) he finds himself responsible for a bizarre TV reality game show. Against all odds, the salaryman dies—to be reborn as a human being. Fresh, original, and funny, this astonishing debut novel brilliantly captures the fast-changing culture of Japan and its surreal underside in an engaging portrait of an ordinary man battling with the contradictory demands of contemporary life.
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