{"product_id":"parade-paperback-3","title":"Parade - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShuichi Yoshida\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePhilip Gabriel\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a crowded two-bedroom apartment in Tokyo, four Japanese twenty-somethings are waiting for their lives to begin. They have come from all over Japan, bringing with them dreams of success and romance, but life isn't exactly going as planned. Kotomi waits by the phone for a boyfriend who never calls, Ryosuke is sleeping with his best friend's girlfriend, and Mirai's drinking has become a serious problem. Only Naoki, an aspiring filmmaker and the glue that keeps them all together, seems to be on the right track. Meanwhile, their next door neighbors are up to something suspicious, and a mysterious attacker is terrorizing the neighborhood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When a homeless teenager suddenly appears, his arrival sets off a chain of events that will bring to light dark secrets the tenants of Apt. 401 have kept from one another--and from themselves. \u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e--from Shuichi Yoshida (\"Japan's Stieg Larsson\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e), the wildly popular author of \u003ci\u003eVillain\u003c\/i\u003e--is a shocking story of life in the big city.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eShuichi Yoshida was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1968. The author of over 25 books, he has won numerous literary awards in Japan and has also had several of his short stories adapted for Japanese television. He lives in Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.18 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47265622687993,"sku":"9780307454935","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/yGTi1mxaUx9780307454935_e84e436e-0579-49dd-aba2-c20895f23ae6.webp?v=1768843699","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/parade-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}