Category: New Releases and Book Promotions The Empty Cafe
A man reading a newspaper is suddenly transformed into a young god's elder
brother. A foreigner in Japan, falsely accused of assaulting a young girl,
finds his innocence slowly slipping away from him. Why did the woman in the
restaurant scream? You would have, too. In Bangkok a small boy goes missing;
surely he didn't vanish into a manhole? The empty cafe fills, reason
unravels.
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A man reading a newspaper is suddenly transformed into a young god's elder
brother. A foreigner in Japan, falsely accused of assaulting a young girl,
finds his innocence slowly slipping away from him. Why did the woman in the
restaurant scream? You would have, too. In Bangkok a small boy goes missing;
surely he didn't vanish into a manhole? The empty cafe fills, reason
unravels. In the novella Solitude, the last of eight tales comprising this
volume, Solomon Rose returns home after 22 years to confront a dilemma
soluble only by murder.
MICHAEL HOFFMAN was born in Montreal, Canada, and has lived in Japan since
1982. His short fiction has appeared in various North American and Japanese
magazines. He is the author of One-Armed Yatsu & Other Stories, also
available through 1stbooks. As a freelance journalist he is a regular
contributor of essays, book reviews and translations to Japan's
English-language media. He is co-author of the bestselling Tokyo
Confidential (The East Publications, Tokyo), a collection of tall but true
tales from the Land of the Cherry Blossom Blushing in the Rising Sun. He is
currently at work on a long, ominous novel set in a Japanese backwater.
Submitted by Michael Hoffman, posted on Tuesday July 02, @01:07PM
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