三名惡人

きんぴか #1

by Jirō Asada, 淺田次郎, 高詹燦 (Translator)

一個還活在七〇年代「無仁義之戰」的黑幫份子一個拒絕參與波斯灣戰爭的士官一個莫名奇妙替人背黑鍋的議員秘書三個性格迥異的人被聚集在銀座一間高級俱樂部裡他們的任務就是和一名退休的老警察共同策劃重新改造這個冷漠的社會，對不公不義之事發出怒吼展開一場充滿熱血與歡笑（？）之「義理的逆襲」 　　

阪口健太，通稱槍健。他殺了敵對的黑道老大，因而在監獄服刑十三年六個月又四天。
大河原勳，通稱軍曹。因為堅決反對出兵波斯灣，隻身一人引發軍事政變，最後自殺未遂。
廣橋秀彥，通稱小秀。他原本是某位議員的秘書，為收賄事件背黑鍋，成為這名議員底下一顆被犧牲的棋子。

這三名個性鮮明、價值觀互異的男子，在某個機緣下，聯手結黨，挑戰欺騙他們的大惡人！

300 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Jirō 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).

Reviews

[Mizuki · Rating 3 out of 5]

Underdogs fight back story! Just the type of thing that I like! However, the ending part is a bit of a letdown, 3 stars.

[Taka · Rating 4 out of 5]

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