The Last Yakuza: A Life in the Japanese Underworld by Jake Adelstein

The Last Yakuza: A Life in the Japanese Underworld

Jake Adelstein

320 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history funny informative medium-paced
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Makoto Saigo is half-American and half-Japanese in small-town Japan with a set of talents limited to playing guitar and picking fights. With rock stardom off the table, he turns toward the only place where you can start from the bottom and move up...

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informative 100%
reflective 50%
dark 37%
sad 37%
tense 37%
adventurous 25%
funny 25%

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fast 25%
slow 25%

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3.7

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