one hundred years of vicissitude
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"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












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