Tokyo Suckerpunch: A Billy Chaka Adventure

by Isaac Adamson and Айзек Адамсон

Book Overview

Meet Billy Chaka, ace reporter for Cleveland's hottest-selling Asian teen magazine. He's brash, savvy, and prone to hair-trigger fits of karate. Billy's in Tokyo to cover the 19-and-Under Handicapped... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380812916
• ISBN13: 9780380812912
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Yakuza, murder, arson, religious cults, geisha, and Purple.

It isn't easy being the top reporter for Cleveland's number-one Asian teen magazine. Billy Chaka travels the world in search of the hip, the hot, the happening, and somehow always manages to find a little trouble along the way. This trip is nothing different. In Japan to cover the Handicapped Martial Arts Championship, Billy finds himself embroiled in a mystery that involves the yakuza, youth gangs, a religious cult, and a geisha with a hazy background. And that's before you count the murder, the arson, and the movie that's (apparently) being made of his life. Such is the life of the jet-set reporter. Tokyo Suckerpunch is a simply stunning tour of Japanese pop culture, told with a combination of cynicism and awe that seems highly appropriate for the amalgamation of weird that is modern-day Japan. Isaac Adamson appears to have done his research, a problem with many of the tales of Japan told by westerners. This book will have you laughing - and gaping - at the antics of both the hero and of those he encounters. A fast read well worth the time you put into it.

People's Gas must be destroyed

Adamson must be the breech baby of Haruki Murakami and Peter Mayle delivered by Dr. Kevorkian. Tokyo Suckerpunch is a sidesplitting saga of martial arts now-you-see-it-now-you-don't and intrigue spiced up with Yakuza, Udon, and Meiji Restorationists. It's better than what's on TV, that's for sure!

Adamson thrills with Chaka's first adventure

An outstanding debut for Adamson! This book is an instant hit - a flowing read of Chaka's adventures in Japan. Just as you think you've got Billy and the story pinned down Adamson masterfully keeps you, and the plot twisted. Enjoy the ride.

Tokyo Sucker Punch

New author with much promise. A new plot that invovles a part of the world that is not often written about in American literature. Get settings, well driven characters. Those who enjoy how reading can provoke your imagination, buy this book!

Fast And In Your Face

Few words can describe Tokyo Suckerpunch. It's an explosive, in your face, out of control, pop culture fueled trip through the underbelly of Tokyo. By mixing noir, punk, John Woo, and Jackie Chan into one,Issac Adamson has created a imagery filled thrill ride that never lets up. Billy Chaka is the ultimate hero; brash, savvy, uncool, and prone to hair -trigger fits of karate. The supporting characters, which include a mysterious giesha and a mercenary known only as the "Man in the Hat", are equally well constructed. This is the first Billy Chaka novel, with another, Hokkaido Popsicle, on the way. If it is as much fun as Tokyo Suckerpunch, I'll be the first to buy it. Tokyo Suckerpunch is a must read. If you like this, check out Celestial Dogs and Burning Bright, two hard boiled supernatural thrillers that are in the same alley.