{"product_id":"ashes-isbn-9781932234022","title":"Ashes","description":"The vice and virtues of middle age are espied with an eagle eye in this hardboiled story about a mid-career gangster. Unfolding through chiseled sketches and run through with tantalizing motifs, Kitakata's masterpiece follows the fortunes of a yakuza mobster as his moment of truth approaches. Cool, real, and cleansing, \u003ci\u003eAshes\u003c\/i\u003e is a literary tonic.\u003ci\u003e\"Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating look at the largely hidden world of the \u003ci\u003eyakuza\u003c\/i\u003e, Japan's mafia.\" --\u003ci\u003eJapan Visitor \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This yakuza fable reads like a treatment for a Takeshi Kitano film, and its aging mobster Tanaka evokes Beat's sullen screen ennui.\" - \u003ci\u003eMary Jacobi , The Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003eKenzo Kitakata is the undisputed don of hardboiled and mystery writing in Japan. Immensly popular wiht mature readers both male and female, his works have won numerous literary awards.","brand":"Vertical","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44885878309093,"sku":"NP9781932234022","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781932234022.jpg?v=1767721849","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/ashes-isbn-9781932234022","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}