{"product_id":"the-cage-paperback-by-kenzo-kitakata","title":"The Cage Paperback by Kenzo Kitakata","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVertical\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2006-09-05)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e232\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781932234244\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e272.16\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.57 x 13.72 x 1.52\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eKazuya Takino leads a quiet life running a supermarket in the Tokyo suburbs. But when an extortionist tries to force him out of business, he finds himself drawn into the \u003ci\u003eyakuza\u003c\/i\u003e underworld-a world he once called home and thought he had left behind. Pursuing him is Detective Takagi, an aficionado of French cigarettes and modernist poetry, the most decorated inspector on the Tokyo police force. As the shadowy Maruwa gang engages Takino in an escalating cycle of violence and retaliation, Detective Takagi can only stand by and watch as the beast within Takino is lured further and further out of his cage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA towering masterpiece of the hardboiled genre, \u003ci\u003eThe Cage\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a searing portrayal of the violence of the Japanese underworld and a tender mediation of the ties of love and friend that can save men from madness-or plunge them deeper into it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eKenzo Kitakata is the undisputed don of hardboiled and mystery writing in Japan, where he has received numerous literary awards. \u003ci\u003eThe Cage\u003c\/i\u003e won the Japan Mystery Writers Association Award and is his third novel to appear in English. His American debut \u003ci\u003eAshes\u003c\/i\u003e was one of \u003ci\u003eLas Vegas Mercury's\u003c\/i\u003e 10 Best Novels of 2003, a BookSense Selection, and a \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e Summer Read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556579299489,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781932234244","price":21.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781932234244.jpg?v=1781822141","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-cage-paperback-by-kenzo-kitakata","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}