by Ira Ishida · Philippe Picquier · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782809700411
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«Ikebukuro West Gate Park» is the crime novel by Ira Ishida, published by Philippe Picquier in paperback (388 pages, in French).
The action takes place in Ikebukuro West Gate Park, near the west exit of Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo. Makoto, nineteen years old, is a problem solver. Among drifting youths, yakuza and undocumented migrants, he tries to help those in trouble and stop a gang war in the neighborhood.
The novel, published in 2008, won the Grand Prize for Crime Literature in Japan and was translated from Japanese by Anne Bayard-Sakai. The edition belongs to the L'Asie en noir collection.
The novel is aimed at readers of noir and crime fiction, especially those who enjoy urban stories in contemporary Tokyo.
