Slow Boat

<p><b>A startling novella from the heir to Haruki Murakami and Gabriel García Márquez</b></p><p>Trapped in Tokyo left behind by a series of girlfriends the narrator of <i>Slow Boat</i> sizes up his situation. His missteps his violent rebellions his tiny victories. But he is not a passive loser content to accept all that fate hands him. He attempts one last escape to the edges of the city holding the only safety net he has known - his dreams.</p><p>Filled with lyrical longing and humour <i>Slow Boat</i> captures perfectly the urge to get away and the necessity of finding yourself in a world which might never even be looking for you.</p>