Dreaming Pachinko

by Isaac Adamson

Book Overview

Tokyo, July 2001: Hard-boiled reporter Billy Chaka is back in the neon metropolis interviewing a has-been pop singer turned pachinko fanatic for Youth in Asia magazine. Looks like an easy assignment... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060516232
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

entertaining and relatively fast paced

I purchased this while on a schoool trip to New York, and found it moderately entertaining. I have no idea how accurate a portrayal of Tokyo it is (have to pester my friend about that...) and frankly I don't care... it's a fun, easy read and an even better re-read. The complete story line is some what forgettable, but the characters aren't. If you want a realistic portrayal of Japanese culture then this probably isn't for you, but if you want to slaughter a few helplesss hours with an entertaining mystery story read this one, chances are, you won't be disappointed.

Third time is a charm!!!

Dreaming Pachinko is clearly Adamson's finest outing to date. Building on characters introduced in Suckerpunch and Popsicle, Pachinko features a dense, suspenseful mystery, intertwined with the usual colorful, feaky, oddball characters we are used to seeing in Adamson's Japan. Read the book in three days while on vacation. Great summer reading. Great in the fall, winter or spring too!!

Pachinko You Say???

The title did catch my eye, and this is the first chance I have had to read Isaac Adamson, but I can promise you it will not be the last. Adamson takes you down a very intriging and winding path of magazine reporter Billy Chaka beginning with a Japanese Teen Idol, a beautiful girl, her friend, and enemies going back 60 years. The novel is as ingriging as it is a entertaining. The look at Tokyo is wonderful, and will suprise, and educate you at every turn. This lightning fast adventure will keep you turning pages, and staying up much later than you planned.