Life for Sale by Yukio Mishima Paperback Book 9780241333150

The best book Ive read this year darkly comedic and full of tension and surprise Marina Abramovic Life for sale Use me as you wish I am a twentysevenyearold male Discretion guaranteed Will cause no bother at allWhen Hanio Yamada realises the future holds little of worth to him he puts his life for sale in a Tokyo newspaper thus unleashing a series of unimaginable exploits A world of murderous mobsters hidden cameras a vampire woman poisoned carrots codebreaking a hopeless junkie heiress and makeshift explosives reveals itself to the unwitting hero Is there nothing he can do to stop it Resolving to follow the orders of his wouldbe purchasers he comes to understand what life is worth and whether we can indeed name our price