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All She Was Worth

By Miyuki Miyabe, Alfred Birnbaum (Translator)

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| Hardcover | 9784770019226

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Book Description

Here is a deftly written thriller that is also a "deep and moody" (NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW) journey through the dark side of Japan's consumer-crazed society. Ordinary people plunge into insurmountable personal debt and fall prey to dangerous webs of underground creditors-so dangerous, in fact, thContinue

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Miyuki Miyabe–ALL SHE WAS WORTH

Note: This novel was WINNER of Best Novel of the Year and Best Mystery for 1992 in Japan. (The following review was posted on my Amazon account in 2003 and is provided here for background.) Excellent mystery which reveals much about Japanese culture. ... (read full critics)

marywhipplereviews published on Sat, 4 Sep 2010

1 Review

The beginning portion of the book was quite interesting. However, I started to lose my patience when the author went on and on about bankruptcy and related to social problems.

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