Under the Dragon's Tail

ISBN: 9780061097409

作者: Maureen Jennings

出版社: Harpercollins

定价: 5.99

装帧: Pap

内容简介

Half-American， half-Japanese， Rei Shimura is finally beginningto feel like Tokyo is home. Now a writer on art and antiques at the Gaijin Times， a comic-style magazine aimed at affluent young readers， Rei s latest assignment is a piece on the history of comic book art. During a weekend of research and relaxation at her boyfriend Takeo s beachside house， Rei stumbles upon the perfect subject: an exquisite modern comic that reveals the disturbing social milieu of pre-World War II Japan.Rei art story， evolves into something much darker. One of the comic s young creators is found dead -- a murder that soon takes the tenacious Rei deep into the heart of Japan s youth underground. Immersed in the investigation， she finds herself floating through strip clubs， animation shops， and coffeehouses to get the true story -- and save her own skin.