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Seesaw monster ; Spin monster / Kotaro Isaka ; translated from the Japanese by Sam Malissa.
"A gripping novel mixing mythology, family drama, espionage, and high technology from the international bestselling author of Bullet Train, already in development for a major film starring Anne Hathaway and Salma Hayek. In Seesaw Monster, international bestselling author Kotaro Isaka employs his hallmarks of kinetic pacing, high-stakes action, and great characters to explore the nature of conflict, the power of close relationships, and the idea of progress. Poor Naoto. A pharmaceutical salesman in Japan in the booming 1980s, his job has him working long hours, answering to his demanding boss and entertaining entitled customers. And at home, his wife, Miyako, and his mother are always feuding, making each other miserable. Why can't the two just get along? Then one day a mysterious visitor shows up at their door with a possible answer. Their conflict is larger -- and far more ancient -- than it might appear. When Naoto uncovers something wrong at work and his life is suddenly in danger, can the two women set aside their differences to save him? Decades later, in our near-future, surveillance, facial-recognition software, and AI dominate Japan. The most sensitive information lives only on paper, and Mito makes his living delivering it. When a chance meeting with a stranger on a train draws Mito into a possible conspiracy, he finds himself face-to-face with his own enemy, a tragic double whose life has been intertwined with his own. Is this another instance of the ancient feud? And what role will Miyako, now in her nineties, play in this deadly game?"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781419777073 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 147, 181 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : The Overlook Press, 2025.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published by Chuokoron-Shinsha in Japan as Seesaw monster 2019"--Title page verso. |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Japanese. |
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| Subject: | Artificial intelligence > Fiction. Conspiracies > Fiction. Espionage > Fiction. Families > Japan > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Mythology > Japan > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Novels. Thrillers (Fiction) Upside-down books. |
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- Baker & Taylor
In the first of two novellas, former agent Miyako investigates her dangerously suspicious mother-in-law; in the second, courier Mito becomes entangled in a high-stakes conspiracy in a surveillance-heavy future, as both stories intertwine espionage, family tension, and mythic undertones in worlds on the brink of crisis. - Baker & Taylor
"A gripping novel mixing mythology, family drama, espionage, and high technology from the international bestselling author of Bullet Train, already in development for a major film starring Anne Hathaway and Salma Hayek In Seesaw Monster, international bestselling author Kotaro Isaka employs his hallmarks of kinetic pacing, high-stakes action, and great characters to explore the nature of conflict, the power of close relationships, and the idea of progress. Poor Naoto. A pharmaceutical salesman in Japan in the booming 1980s, his job has him working long hours, answering to his demanding boss and entertaining entitled customers. And at home, his wife, Miyako, and his mother are always feuding, making each other miserable. Why can't the two just get along? Then one day a mysterious visitor shows up at their door with a possible answer. Their conflict is larger-and far more ancient-than it might appear. When Naoto uncovers something wrong at work and his life is suddenly in danger, can the two women set aside their differences to save him? Decades later, in our near-future, surveillance, facial-recognition software, and AI dominate Japan. The most sensitive information lives only on paper, and Mito makes his living delivering it. When a chance meeting with astranger on a train draws Mito into a possible conspiracy, he finds himself face-to-face with his own enemy, a tragic double whose life has been intertwined with his own. Is this another instance of the ancient feud? And what role will Miyako, now in hernineties, play in this deadly game?"-- - Grand Central Pub
From the international bestselling author of Bullet Train, two inventive espionage tales in one
âIsakaâs style is tense, laden with dark humor expressed with a flat affectâjust the right tone for a book that walks the fine line between comedy and violence.â âNew York Times Book Review on Hotel Lucky Seven
Miyako suspects her mother-in-law is a murderer. Itâs not just a case of them rubbing each other the wrong wayâthere is definitely something suspicious going on. But Miyako isnât exactly what she seems either. Her husband has no idea about her past life as a secret agent. When she decides to use her professional skills to investigate her mother-in-law, the delicate equilibrium of their lives is thrown wildly out of balance.
Many decades after the events of Seesaw Monster, in a future world dominated by surveillance, facial-recognition software, and AI, the most sensitive information lives only on paper, and confidential messages must be delivered by trusted couriers like Mito. But one delivery pulls Mito into a conspiracy beyond his wildest imagination and forces him into a race against time to defeat a world-changing technological threat.
Mixing mythology, family drama, corruption, and espionage, these gripping novellas from the international bestselling author of Bullet Train explore the idea of progress, the power of close relationships, and the nature of conflict with deadly stakes. - Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
From the international bestselling author of Bullet Train, two inventive espionage tales in one
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âIsakaâs style is tense, laden with dark humor expressed with a flat affectâjust the right tone for a book that walks the fine line between comedy and violence.â âNew York Times Book Review on Hotel Lucky Seven
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Miyako suspects her mother-in-law is a murderer. Itâs not just a case of them rubbing each other the wrong wayâthere is definitely something suspicious going on. But Miyako isnât exactly what she seems either. Her husband has no idea about her past life as a secret agent. When she decides to use her professional skills to investigate her mother-in-law, the delicate equilibrium of their lives is thrown wildly out of balance.
Many decades after the events of Seesaw Monster, in a future world dominated by surveillance, facial-recognition software, and AI, the most sensitive information lives only on paper, and confidential messages must be delivered by trusted couriers like Mito. But one delivery pulls Mito into a conspiracy beyond his wildest imagination and forces him into a race against time to defeat a world-changing technological threat.
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Mixing mythology, family drama, corruption, and espionage, these gripping novellas from the international bestselling author of Bullet Train explore the idea of progress, the power of close relationships, and the nature of conflict with deadly stakes.
