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...setting is the dystopic Japan we've become familiar with, both in recent films like Ichii the Killer and Battle Royale and in novels by Ryu Murakami and David Mitchell. In the Koganecho back-alley brothels and sleazy bars, Kazuki and his pals pass the time doing cocaine and working on their fake tans. When Kazuki becomes a passive participant in the gang-rape of a young girl, his father insists he resume classes at the prestigious Hosei Academy. (The rape is a side issue. Dad has made a large donation to the school and wants to get his money...
...considers using lies, truths, computers and guns; in the end his most effective weapon is a pizza. In Number9Dream (Random House; 400 pages), David Mitchell returns to a setting from his widely acclaimed 1999 debut, Ghostwritten: a dystopian and dysfunctional Japan, one-part William Gibson, two-parts Murakami-Ryu and Haruki. Like a cyberage Holden Caulfield, 19-year-old, fresh-from-the-countryside Miyake plods his way through Tokyo's cityscape, rubbing elbows with Uber-hackers, war veterans, playboys and yakuza-cum-spiritualists. Along the way he gets lost, kidnapped, chased, stoned, hired and falls in love. The pizza delivers...
...Newmyer, Joshua P. Nichols-Barrer, Lucas G. Nivon, Pawel M. Nowak, Ziad Obermeyer, Alexandra K. Olson, Zuzanna M. Olszewska, Amy E. Ooten, Leah A.W. Plunkett, Suhas M. Radhakrishna, Renee J. Raphael, Jane L. Risen, Joel D. Rosenbaum, Julia M. Rosenbloom, David M. Rosmarin, Caroline A. Rothert, David J. Ryu, Erica L. Sanders, Wesley T.W. Shih, Jared B. Shirck, Dale R. Shuger, Adam A. Sofen, Aparna Sridhar, Charles T. Steenburg, Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos, Srdjan L. Tanjga, Trygve V. Throntveit, Rachel E. Tobey, Greg Y. Tseng, Joshua S. VonKorff, Richard J. Wegener, Sophie E. Weirich, Elizabeth H. Winthrop, Christopher N. Wisniewski, Abraham...
...Keller, John T. Maier, Jonathan E. Shapiro and Michael W. Weller; in Dunster House, Megan E. Frederickson, Jeremy M. Kurzyniec, Courtney H. Leimkuhler and Brian O'Meara; in Eliot House, Corinne S. Crawford, Sanmay Das, Joseph C. Gfaller, Rebecca P. Gogel, Christine M. Nichols, Robert A.D. Pike, David J. Ryu and David M. Shapiro...
...underground hip-hop group from L.A. While DJ Cheapshot of SOB (an unfortunate self-inflicted acronym) laid down some tight beats, the audience seemed to be waiting for more radio-friendly action. Which is not to say that Styles of Beyond is that far from national exposure--MCs Ryu and Tak Bir's smooth rapping styles foretell a possible MTV explosion some time in the future. "Spies Like Us" was a standout song; at times the other songs blurred into each other for lack of decipherable choruses. Still, SOB displayed formidable rhyming skills and a bit of stage presence...