Popular Hits of the Showa Era
A darkly satirical tale of the generation and gender gaps in Japanese society, Ruy Murakami’s Popular Hits of the Showa Era is a literary karaoke act combining manga and street culture
It’s a set-up like a video game: two rival gangs fight to death for the control of a Tokyo district. In one gang, six young losers committed only to drinking, voyeurism and karaoke singing, in the other six tough independent older women. From ambush to revenge, both groups are gradually decimated until the ultimate showdown.
In Murakami’s inimitably brutal and brilliant style, Popular Hits dissects the gender and generational conflicts of contemporary society in a hilarious satire.
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A darkly satirical tale of the generation and gender gaps in Japanese society, Ruy Murakami’s Popular Hits of the Showa Era is a literary karaoke act combining manga and street culture
It’s a set-up like a video game: two rival gangs fight to death for the control of a Tokyo district. In one gang, six young losers committed only to drinking, voyeurism and karaoke singing, in the other six tough independent older women. From ambush to revenge, both groups are gradually decimated until the ultimate showdown.
In Murakami’s inimitably brutal and brilliant style, Popular Hits dissects the gender and generational conflicts of contemporary society in a hilarious satire.
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Paperback
2013
ISBN: 9781908968449
Translated by Ralph McCarthy
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