{"product_id":"tokyo-underworld-9780375724893","title":"Tokyo Underworld","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fascinating look at some fascinating people who show how democracy advances hand in hand with crime in Japan.'--Mario Puzo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this unorthodox chronicle of the rise of Japan, Inc., Robert Whiting, author of \u003cb\u003eYou Gotta Have Wa\u003c\/b\u003e, gives us a fresh perspective on the economic miracle and near disaster that is modern Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the eyes of Nick Zappetti, a former GI, former black marketer, failed professional wrestler, bungling diamond thief who turned himself into 'the Mafia boss of Tokyo and the king of Rappongi,' we meet the players and the losers in the high-stakes game of postwar finance, politics, and criminal corruption in which he thrived. Here's the story of the Imperial Hotel diamond robbers, who attempted (and may have accomplished) the biggest heist in Tokyo's history. Here is Rikidozan, the professional wrestler who almost single-handedly revived Japanese pride, but whose own ethnicity had to be kept secret. And here is the story of the intimate relatio","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525062041943,"sku":"9780375724893","price":13.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780375724893.jpg?v=1731859088","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tokyo-underworld-9780375724893","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}