Title: Not the Japan I know
Product review: An interesting story to be sure, but the author is often condescending about Japanese culture in areas where he completely misunderstands it. As I moved through the book I got increasingly frustrated with his characterizations of the Japanese people and the motivations for their actions. If you can get over Twigger's need to feel superior to the Japanese and a healthy smattering of details that he clearly made up to fill in the story (Japanese people calling someone who kisses to much Kissama doesn't make sense given Japanese pronunciation), I suppose the book is ok. It moves along fairly well, though the narrative is a bit choppy at times. I couldn't get over the skewed portrayal of Japan and that ruined the book for me.
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