by Peter Carey
I don't know what to say about this book. I was hoping it was more a present cultural look rather than a high fluent justification for a trip to Japan. The book initially began as a journey with his son into a culture that he enjoyed but a certain part of the culture which was more modern whereas ...
I enjoyed it in spite of the 'wrongness' (not always where the author situates it) but I'm not sure that I understand why he wrote it.
Peter Carey is a novelist (I haven't read his novels yet) and he has a 12 year old who is seriously interested in manga. Charley is shy and hard to reach as he slips into preteen age. Peter proposes a visit to Japan to learn more about manga, facilitated by his contacts in publishing, and as a way o...
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