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008			151208s20122012nyu 000 1 eng
020			_a9781616952020
050	0	0	_aPL873.5.A339 _bS8713 2012
082	1		_aFIC NAK _2
100	1		_aNakamura, Fuminori _d(1977 -)
245	1	4	_aThe thief _c/ Fuminori Nakamura
260			_aNew York _b: Soho Crime _c, 2012.
300			_a211 p. _c; 22 cm.
520	3		_aA crime that follows a Japanese pickpocket lost to the machinations of fate. Bleak and oozing existential dread, The Thief is simply unforgettable. The Thief is a seasoned pickpocket. Anonymous in his tailored suit, he weaves in and out of Tokyo crowds, stealing wallets from strangers so smoothly sometimes he doesn't even remember the snatch. Most people are just a blur to him, nameless faces from whom he chooses his victims. He has no family, no friends, no connections.... But he does have a past, which finally catches up with him when Ishikawa, his first partner, reappears in his life, and offers him a job he can't refuse. It's an easy job: tie up an old rich man, steal the contents of the safe. No one gets hurt. Only the day after the job does he learn that the old man was a prominent politician, and that he was brutally killed after the robbery. And now the Thief is caught in a tangle even he might not be able to escape.
546			_aTranslated from the Japanese to English.
586			_aWinner of the OE Prize, Japan's largest literary prize.
650		4	_aThieves _z-Japan _v--Fiction
651		4	_aTokyo (Japan) _x-Fiction
655		4	_aSuspense fiction
700	1		_aIzumo, Satoko
700	1		_aCoates, Stephen
942			_cMO
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