American Maverick in Japan: The Rick Roa Story - Softcover

Teora, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595314287 ISBN 13: 9780595314287

Verlag: iUniverse, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

I first met Richard Roa in the fall of 1989. I was in the middle of researching Tokyo Underworld and someone had suggested I interview him because he knew the main character of the book, Nick Zapetti, and also because he worked for a time as a consultant to the Toa-Sogo Kigyo, a real-estate/leisure outfit based in Roppongi, which was, in fact, a transmogrification of the infamous Tokyo gang, the Tosei-kai, a yakuza organization which occupied another major part of the book.My scheduled two-hour interview with Rick Roa metastasized into several lengthy Q&A session because the stories this man had to tell were so damned interesting, starting with the chilling tale he told of being caught in a Tokyo mob run clip joint and what he had to do to get his money back.There was more-his hilarious tale of the American Train venture, his experiences as a bartender in the Ginza's most exclusive (and expensive) hostess club, his adventures with Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston in Japan. But, unfortunately, I could not use much of the material because it did not impact directly on the central thesis of Underworld, which dealt with the corrupt side of the U.S.-Japan relationship. But I always thought that it would make a good book one day, and lo and behold, here it is.I'm sure readers will enjoy this book as much as I did.Robert Whiting,Kamakura, 2004 Author of The Tokyo Underworld

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: iUniverse
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0595314287
• ISBN 13: 9780595314287
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 168
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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