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Taking on a subject that is still largely avoided in Japan, this novel explores the threat posed by an emperor, even in a ceremonial role, to a democratic government. Set in a fictional island country, it is told from the perspective of a group of young adults who are embroiled in their private problems of friendship, work, and sex.

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The unsettling story of a young man who suffers an identity crisis after getting tangled up in a telephone scam.

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