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Title: GAIJIN ON THE GINZA
By: James Kirkup
Format: Hardback

List price: £13.75


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ISBN 10: 0720608333
ISBN 13: 9780720608335
Publisher: PETER OWEN PUBLISHERS
Pub. date: 20 June, 1991
Pages: 144
Synopsis: Adventures of the gay Major Hilary Sitfast and his nymphomaniac cousin Miss Lorelei Thrillingly, out and about in modern Tokyo. The Major runs a small but profitable English language school. Lorelei wants to investigate the inscrutable East which, she feels, must be as "extreme" as herself. This hilarious novel explores the seedier side of Tokyo life. The author, a distinguished poet, spent many years teaching in Japan.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Peter Owen Publishers
Returns: Returnable
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