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A review by mudslide
Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein
3.0
3.5 stars. Illuminating, powerfully sad yet humbly honorable.
Tokyo Vice is a no holds barred look at the seedy underworld (and at times overworld) of Japanese vices in Tokyo.
This book pulls no punches but lacks a bit of pop and panache. It was interesting to have a new perspective on Japanese society and see some of its flaws laid bare.
This memoir dives into a dark world in need of protection from itself. Adelstein acts as a guide so passionate it hurts his personal life.
I did not love the narrative and style but it was an easy and interesting read that inspired me to want to read Adelstein's follow up work on the Yakuza.
Tokyo Vice is a no holds barred look at the seedy underworld (and at times overworld) of Japanese vices in Tokyo.
This book pulls no punches but lacks a bit of pop and panache. It was interesting to have a new perspective on Japanese society and see some of its flaws laid bare.
This memoir dives into a dark world in need of protection from itself. Adelstein acts as a guide so passionate it hurts his personal life.
I did not love the narrative and style but it was an easy and interesting read that inspired me to want to read Adelstein's follow up work on the Yakuza.