Sayonara, Gangsters

Genichiro Takahashi, Michael Emmerich

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04 June 2019

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

If you've ever despaired of expressing yourself, you'll read Sayonara, Gangsters and understand. Set in a facetious near-future that is both mind-bendingly bizarre and achingly familiar. Sayonara, Gangsters is an inventive novel about language, expression and the creative process that unfolds through hilarious sketches. The peaceful if bizarre life of a poetry teacher is forever transformed by a group of terrorists called ""the gangsters"" in what is, incredibly, a semi-autobiographical novel.

On this literary gonzo trip in which a man of letters finds out, too late, that flirting with extremist politics can have unsavory conequences for one's mind, we encounter the likes of Virgil, the refrigerator (a memorable three-dimesional character) and ""Henry IV"" the feline aficionado of books. Endlessly resourceful, relentlessly erudite, but always accessible, Sayonara, Gangsters is a unique masterpiece of literary postmodernism that aims to entertain rather than to intimidate.

From the outrageous beginning, which reads like an oblique reference to the war on terror but is no such thing (it was written more than twenty years ago), to the sobering, devastating end, through the lyrical, poignant middle, Takahashi's legendary first novel is candy for your brain. Sayonara, Gangsters is a must-read for all fans of world literature, available for the first time in English.

By: Genichiro Takahashi
Translated by: Michael Emmerich
Imprint: Vertical
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781932234053
ISBN 10: 1932234055
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 04 June 2019
Recommended Age: From 16 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Sayonara, Gangsters

Fabulous...Think of Pynchon with an editor, Donald Barthelme but funnier, or Italo Calvino just as he is. - The Japan Times Sayonara, Gangsters is a light, poetic, enjoyable read, full of crafted imagery. - The Onion A.V. Club Sayonara, Gangsters, a thrillingly unhinged perpetual-motion machine full of absurd sex and violence, greased with the awesome confidence of a writer so committed to thumbing his nose at convention that he discovers caverns of wonder deep within said schnozz. (...) The least that can be said is that you never know what's coming next. - Ed Park, The Village Voice

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Sayonara, Gangsters

Genichiro Takahashi, Michael Emmerich

$39.99

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