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きんぴか #1
三人の悪党～きんぴか（１）～: 1
阪口健太、通称ピスケン。敵対する組の親分を殺（と）り１３年刑務所で過ごす。大河原勲、通称軍曹。湾岸派兵に断固反対し、単身クーデターを起こした挙句、自殺未遂。広橋秀彦、通称ヒデさん。収賄事件の罪を被り、大物議員に捨てられた元政治家秘書。あまりに個性的で価値観もバラバラな３人が、何の因果か徒党を組んで彼らを欺いた巨悪に挑む！ 悪漢小説（ピカレスク）の金字塔！
251 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1999
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Jirō Asada
229 books27 followersJirō Asada (浅田 次郎, born December 13, 1951 in Tokyo) is the pen name of Kōjirō Iwato (岩戸 康次郎), a Japanese writer.
Inspired by Yukio Mishima, who tried to stage a coup d'état among Japan Self-Defense Forces then committed suicide after the coup was failed, Asada enlisted in the SDF after finishing his studies. He changed jobs many times while endeavoring to find writing opportunities, submitting his works to literary competitions.
In 1991, his novel Torarete tamaruka! (とられてたまるか!) started his literary career. After writing several picaresque novels, his novel Metro ni notte (地下鉄に乗って) was awarded the Eiji Yoshikawa Prize for New Writers and made into a 2006 film; a short story collection The Stationmaster and other stories (Poppoya (鉄道員)) was also awarded the Naoki Prize.
He writes not only standard fiction and picaresque novels, but also writes historical and Chinese historical novels such as The Firmament of the Pleiades (Sōkyū no subaru, 蒼穹の昴).
Inspired by Yukio Mishima, who tried to stage a coup d'état among Japan Self-Defense Forces then committed suicide after the coup was failed, Asada enlisted in the SDF after finishing his studies. He changed jobs many times while endeavoring to find writing opportunities, submitting his works to literary competitions.
In 1991, his novel Torarete tamaruka! (とられてたまるか!) started his literary career. After writing several picaresque novels, his novel Metro ni notte (地下鉄に乗って) was awarded the Eiji Yoshikawa Prize for New Writers and made into a 2006 film; a short story collection The Stationmaster and other stories (Poppoya (鉄道員)) was also awarded the Naoki Prize.
He writes not only standard fiction and picaresque novels, but also writes historical and Chinese historical novels such as The Firmament of the Pleiades (Sōkyū no subaru, 蒼穹の昴).
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July 27, 2017
Underdogs fight back story! Just the type of thing that I like! However, the ending part is a bit of a letdown, 3 stars.
May 6, 2010
Hilarious--
This is an excellent comedy-drama that revolves around three eccentric characters: a legendary yakuza member, Pistol Kenta, a.k.a. Pis-Ken who just got released from prison, a former self-defense forces soldier, Gunsou who protested against Japan's involvement in the Gulf War and tried to commit suicide in front of a commander, and a former Ministry of Finance elite, Hirohashi, who was said to be the next Prime Minister but whose political life ended when he was asked to take the blame for the bribing charge against his mentor and politician.
In easy-to-read prose that's filled more with dialogue than anything else, Asada Jiro portrays the adventures of these hilarious misfits.
And oh yeah, I was laughing my butt off reading this.
Good stuff
This is an excellent comedy-drama that revolves around three eccentric characters: a legendary yakuza member, Pistol Kenta, a.k.a. Pis-Ken who just got released from prison, a former self-defense forces soldier, Gunsou who protested against Japan's involvement in the Gulf War and tried to commit suicide in front of a commander, and a former Ministry of Finance elite, Hirohashi, who was said to be the next Prime Minister but whose political life ended when he was asked to take the blame for the bribing charge against his mentor and politician.
In easy-to-read prose that's filled more with dialogue than anything else, Asada Jiro portrays the adventures of these hilarious misfits.
And oh yeah, I was laughing my butt off reading this.
Good stuff
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