Coin Locker Babies

Tokyo ; New York: Kodansha International: Distributed in the United States by Kodansha America, 1998 (1995). First paperback ed., first printing (full number line). Small octavo pocketbook-format in color dust jacket (white spine); 393 pages; 24 cm. Fine in fine jacket. Paperback.

English translation of: Koin Rokkā Beibīzu. Japan's Modern Writers. [series].

"The story of two babies abandoned in a locker at a railroad station. They grow up to represent the darker side of Japanese youth, lacking tradition and religion. One brother becomes a male prostitute, then a rock star, the other goes to jail and becomes involved in a plot to poison Tokyo. By the author of 69"— Publisher

Fiction. Coming of Age. Bildungsromans. Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction. Japan -- Tokyo. Murakami, Ryū, 1952-