Early Reviewers

Zack Hara is dead inside, devoid of passion, hate, love, any sustained emotion. The twenty-something technical writer trudges through each day in LA like a zombie, until he leaves his job, part-time lover, and antique Chevy pick-up truck to travel to Japan. There, searching for an emotional life, Zack becomes entwined with a tragic poet, a sensual but disillusioned woman, and young people who form suicide clubs -- all propelling him down a dangerous path. TODD SHIMODA is the author of two novels: 365 Views of Mt. Fuji (Stone Bridge Press, 1998) and The Fourth Treasure (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2002), which was listed as a 2002 Notable Book by the Kiriyama Prize. It also won first place in the fiction category of the 2003 New York Book Show.