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The Thief - Fuminori Nakamura
The Thief
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A literary crime masterpiece that follows a Japanese pickpocket lost to the machinations of fate. Bleak and oozing existential dread, The Thief is simply unforgettable.   The Thief is a seasoned pickpocket. Anonymous in his tailored suit, he weaves in and out of Tokyo crowds, stealing wallets... show more
A literary crime masterpiece that follows a Japanese pickpocket lost to the machinations of fate. Bleak and oozing existential dread, The Thief is simply unforgettable.   The Thief is a seasoned pickpocket. Anonymous in his tailored suit, he weaves in and out of Tokyo crowds, stealing wallets from strangers so smoothly sometimes he doesn’t even remember the snatch. Most people are just a blur to him, nameless faces from whom he chooses his victims. He has no family, no friends, no connections.... But he does have a past, which finally catches up with him when Ishikawa, his first partner, reappears in his life, and offers him a job he can’t refuse. It’s an easy job: tie up an old rich man, steal the contents of the safe. No one gets hurt. Only the day after the job does he learn that the old man was a prominent politician, and that he was brutally killed after the robbery. And now the Thief is caught in a tangle even he might not be able to escape.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9781616950217 (1616950218)
Publisher: Soho Crime
Pages no: 211
Edition language: English
Series: Kizaki (#1)
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nouveau
nouveau rated it
5.0 The Thief
move over Ryu Murakami, a new bleak voice from the streets has risen!"The Thief", as the GR description goes, "oozes with existential dread," and this hard-boiled masterpiece demonstrates once again why Japan's dark side and not its over-privileged rich are the soil for the higher forms of literary ...
staciebnsn
staciebnsn rated it
Quick, easy read, but very good--I was hooked the whole time, right to the very last page. The narrator would talk about other people or experiences and only later would he reflect more on them, which drew me in simply as a curious reader but at the same time felt so natural since the book is almost...
Gregor Xane
Gregor Xane rated it
3.0 The Thief
An almost surreal, almost dreamlike crime fiction tale. A very smooth narrative that goes down easy. This would have been four stars if some of the main character's background would have been fleshed out a bit more. A particular relationship that he develops could have been handled in a more interes...
Sarah (I like big books and I cannot lie)
Sarah (I like big books and I cannot lie) rated it
3.0
I won this book from Goodreads First Reds giveaway. It is a pretty short novel, and I thought there could have been more to it, like more of the thief's back story besides the one incident of him shoplifting as a kid, and his girlfriend who he flashed back to a couple times. The tower is a pretty po...
A Book and A Review #2
A Book and A Review #2 rated it
3.0 The Thief
I have read numerous Japanese mysteries by several authors and find that the storyline is incredibly strong, yet the character development is pretty weak. The Thief is no exception. If I were to judge it only on the storyline, this would have been a 4 star read. It is very strong and incredibly fast...
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