'In The Miso Soup' is nothing like I've read before. It's not until near the end that you understand and appreciate the title. Otherwise just picking the book up makes no sense.
Kenji is a young guide in Tokyo, who's job is to take unsuspecting tourists around the 'Red Light District' and encourage them to seek out the various women.
He meets Frank, a strange American who is keen to explore the darkest areas of the sex district, and happy to drag Kenji along with him. As Kenji learns more and more about Frank he realises that there's something dangerously wrong with him.
I particularly liked the descriptions of Tokyo at night.
I have another of his books to read which I'm also looking forward to.
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