Coin locker babies
By: Ryū Murakami ; translated by Stephen Snyder
Publisher: Pushkin
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: jpn
Number of pages: 507
ISBN-13: 9781908968470
Subjects: History; Fiction; Youth
Work titles: Koin rokkā beibīzu
Description: The story of two babies abandoned in a locker at a railroad station. They grow up to represent the darker side of Japanese youth, lacking tradition and religion. One brother becomes a male prostitute, then a rock star, the other goes to jail and becomes involved in a plot to poison Tokyo. By the author of 69.
Notes: Originally published in Japanese in 1980.