- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Welcome Rain Publishers,US; Reprint edition (Nov 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1566492831
- ISBN-13: 978-1566492836
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.3 x 1.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,229,226 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Part Telltale Heart, part Day of the Locust, Gold Rush presents a Hobbesian portrait of some aspects of modern Japanese life with a furious graphic energy."
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Gold Rush, a phenomenal best-seller in Japan, is the story of Kazuki, an abused and troubled 14-year-old boy in the poor, crime-ridden Japanese port city of Yokohama, who kills his detached, repulsive father and tries to take over his business. But as his world and his alibi slowly start to crumble around him, Kazuki becomes all too painfully aware of the consequences of his actions.
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Up there with Natsuo Kirino's 'Out'
4 Mar 2010
Format:Paperback
'Out' was the definitive 'noir' portrait of Japanese middle-aged female and 'housewife' culture, and I think 'Gold Rush' is the definitive portrait of sociopathic Japanese youth (it rings much more true than Kirino's efforts in this direction, by the way). Both books are also much larger than what I've just written, they're new, dark, and deeply truthful perspectives on Japanese society in general.
'Gold Rush' (like 'Out') is also an incredibly good read. You really don't know what will happen in the end: there are 'outside' 'adult' forces pushing to cover up the crime, others pushing for a confession, and this incredibly angry, unpredictable, and volatile 14-year-old boy in the middle.
'Gold Rush' (like 'Out') is also an incredibly good read. You really don't know what will happen in the end: there are 'outside' 'adult' forces pushing to cover up the crime, others pushing for a confession, and this incredibly angry, unpredictable, and volatile 14-year-old boy in the middle.
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