The last yakuza

life and death in the Japanese underworld
Jake Adelstein
Book - 2023

"Makoto Saigo is half-American and half-Japanese, living in small-town Japan. He has two talents: playing guitar and picking fights. When his dream of being a rock star fails to materialize, he turns to the only place where you can start from the bottom and move up through sheer performance, loyalty, and brute force the yakuza. Saigo, nicknamed Tsunami, quickly realizes that even within the organization, opinions are as varied as they come, and a clash of philosophies can quickly become deadly. One screw-up can cost you your life, or at least a finger. The internal politics of the yakuza are dizzyingly complex, and between the ever-shifting web of alliances and the encroaching hand of the law that pushes them further and further underground, Saigo finds himself in the middle of a defining decades-long battle that will determine the future of the yakuza"--Publisher description.

Saved in:

Holdings -

Shadle

Barcode Status Material Type CallNumber Availability
37413322037880 Checked out New Adult Non-Fiction 364.1068 ADELSTE  Place A Hold
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adelstein, Jake (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Scribe Publications, 2023.
Subjects:

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 i 4500
001 939560
008 230421s2023 mnu 000 0 eng d
005 20240222194722.0
019 |a 903924616  |a 1402181304  |a 1402781725  |a 1407115999  |a 1407571206 
020 |a 1957363576 
020 |a 9781957363578 
020 |a 9781925106817 
020 |a 1925106810 
035 |a (OCoLC)1376495818  |z (OCoLC)903924616  |z (OCoLC)1402181304  |z (OCoLC)1402781725  |z (OCoLC)1407115999  |z (OCoLC)1407571206 
040 |a YDX  |b eng  |e rda  |c YDX  |d BDX  |d OCLCO  |d APL  |d JCX  |d HQC  |d FMG  |d OCLCO  |d YDX  |d AU@  |d CNWPU  |d CGP  |d HUL  |d OCLCF  |d AUNTL  |d NZAUC  |d UAG 
043 |a a-ja--- 
049 |a UAGA 
082 0 4 |a 364.1068  |2 23 
092 |a 364.1068 ADELSTE 
100 1 |a Adelstein, Jake,  |e author. 
245 1 4 |a The last yakuza :  |b life and death in the Japanese underworld /  |c Jake Adelstein. 
264 1 |a Minneapolis, Minnesota :  |b Scribe Publications,  |c 2023. 
300 |a xvii, 392 pages ;  |c 24 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a "Makoto Saigo is half-American and half-Japanese, living in small-town Japan. He has two talents: playing guitar and picking fights. When his dream of being a rock star fails to materialize, he turns to the only place where you can start from the bottom and move up through sheer performance, loyalty, and brute force the yakuza. Saigo, nicknamed Tsunami, quickly realizes that even within the organization, opinions are as varied as they come, and a clash of philosophies can quickly become deadly. One screw-up can cost you your life, or at least a finger. The internal politics of the yakuza are dizzyingly complex, and between the ever-shifting web of alliances and the encroaching hand of the law that pushes them further and further underground, Saigo finds himself in the middle of a defining decades-long battle that will determine the future of the yakuza"--Publisher description. 
505 0 |a Learning the trade -- Merit badges -- The broken gate. 
650 0 |a Biography. 
650 0 |a Yakuza  |z Japan  |x History. 
650 0 |a Organized crime  |z Japan. 
655 7 |a Biographies.  |2 lcgft 
938 |a Brodart  |b BROD  |n 134468643 
938 |a YBP Library Services  |b YANK  |n 19765700 
994 |a C0  |b UAG 
999 f f |s decbfa01-6869-4f22-97d0-ad520bdc6247  |i ac26f154-c815-48e0-a1d1-e7e82755f44f  |t 0 
952 f f |p Standard Circulation  |a City of Spokane  |b Spokane Public Library  |c Branches  |d Shadle  |t 0  |e 364.1068 ADELSTE  |i New Adult Non-Fiction  |m 37413322037880