Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld by Alec Dubro, David E. Kaplan

Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld

Alec Dubro, David E. Kaplan

400 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction crime history challenging informative slow-paced
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Known for their striking full-body tattoos and severed fingertips, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class eighty thousand strong--more than four times the size of the American mafia. Despite their criminal nature, the yakuza are accepted by f...

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