"First up, a disclaimer. I suspect I am a dead man.
"I have meagre proof, no framed‐ up certification, nothing to toss in a court of law as evidence of a rapid departure from the mortal coil. I recall a gun was involved, pressed up against my skull, and a loud explosion followed."
One Hundred Years of Vicissitude is a dark, funny but also subtly serious book set between life and death. It tells the tale of a purgatorial tour through 20th century Japanese history, with a ghostly geisha who has seen it all as the guide and a corrupt millionaire as her reluctant companion.
Thrown into the milieu are saké, B-29s, Lewis Carroll, Sir Thomas Malory, Melbourne, 'The Wizard of Oz', and a dirigible - along with the allusion that Red Riding Hood might just be involved.
PAPERBACK TO BE PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 26, 2012
"I have meagre proof, no framed‐ up certification, nothing to toss in a court of law as evidence of a rapid departure from the mortal coil. I recall a gun was involved, pressed up against my skull, and a loud explosion followed."
One Hundred Years of Vicissitude is a dark, funny but also subtly serious book set between life and death. It tells the tale of a purgatorial tour through 20th century Japanese history, with a ghostly geisha who has seen it all as the guide and a corrupt millionaire as her reluctant companion.
Thrown into the milieu are saké, B-29s, Lewis Carroll, Sir Thomas Malory, Melbourne, 'The Wizard of Oz', and a dirigible - along with the allusion that Red Riding Hood might just be involved.
PAPERBACK TO BE PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 26, 2012
