{"product_id":"9781529394221-lady-joker-volume-2","title":"Lady Joker: Volume 2","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Million Copy Bestselling 'Masterpiece of Japanese Crime Fiction'\u003cbr\u003eThe second volume of \u003ci\u003eLady Joker\u003c\/i\u003e, by Kaoru Takamura, the Grand Dame of Japanese crime fiction, concludes the breathtaking saga.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the great masterpieces of Japanese crime fiction' \u003c\/b\u003eDavid Peace, author of \u003ci\u003eTokyo Year Zero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Japan's great modern writers, this second half of \u003ci\u003eLady Joker\u003c\/i\u003e brings Kaoru Takamura's breathtaking masterpiece to a gripping conclusion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFive men who meet at a Tokyo racetrack every week carry out a heist. They have kidnapped the CEO of Japan's largest beer company to extract blood money from the company's corrupt financiers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKnown as Lady Joker, the men make their first attack on the beer company when their demands are not met. As the attacks escalate, the shady networks linking corporations to syndicates are exposed, the stakes rise, and bring into riveting focus the lives and motivations of the victims, the perpetrators, the heroes and the villains. Some will lose everything, even their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by the real-life Glico-Morinaga kidnapping, an unsolved case that terrorized Japan for two years, \u003ci\u003eLady Joker\u003c\/i\u003e reimagines this watershed episode in modern Japanese history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A novel that portrays with devastating immensity how those on the dark fringes of society can be consumed by the darkness of their own hearts' \u003c\/b\u003eYoko Ogawa, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Police\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40686759051361,"sku":"9781529394221","price":20.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29605575.jpg?v=1725609308","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529394221-lady-joker-volume-2","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}