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Book SynopsisA insider's account of Japanese labour management. Within the framework of a quasi-mystery, the novel describes department store sales strategies, the manipulations of administrators and their psychological impact on the sales staff.
Trade ReviewTamae Prindle's translation of Watanabe is sensationally good, particularly for someone like me who is working on corruption. It is crammed with arcane information on how Japanese department stores work and on the mercantilist culture of Kyoto. Business novels are a wonderful window in the quite mordant world of Japanese slarymen and their mores. There are also many little touches that most Americans have never known or have forgotten about. -- Chalmers Johnson, University of California at San Diego
Tamae Prindle's translation of Watanabe is sensationally good, particularly for someone like me who is working on corruption. It is crammed with arcane information on how Japanese department stores work and on the mercantilist culture of Kyoto. Business novels are a wonderful window in the quite mordant world of Japanese slarymen and their mores. There are also many little touches that most Americans have never known or have forgotten about. -- Chalmers Johnson, University of California at San Diego
