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Dave Barry Does Japan by Dave Barry (Paperback, 1994)

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At a point where it appeared that tensions between Japan and the United States could get worse, Random House decided to dispatch Dave Barry to Tokyo. The resulting report is the most skillful diplomatic stroke since George Bush lost his cookies in the Japanese prime minister's lap. We thought that encouraging Dave to take his wife and son might be a civilizing influence on our roving correspondent - but when this book appears, we may have found the best use for a relocated Berlin Wall. Dave found qualities to like but little to love in the land of the Japanese Ecomic Miracle, plastic squid, and the elderly geisha. His take on Japanese baseball, a sport for which the yawn was a necessary invention, or on sumo wrestlers, each of whom seemed built like five Tommy Lasordas before SlimFast, hardly exhausts his commentary on their culture (or his lack of it). Barry's interpretation of kabuki theater and of Japanese rock music or humor are long overdue. He had to wait till the end of each performance. But never underestimate Barry, the keen-eyed reporter. Dave steals the secrets of the Japanese auto industry, here revealed for the first time - for example: they use steel! - and his unsought interview with the head of a powerful governmental organization propels him, despite Dave's disclaimer, headlong into the ranks of today's top investigative journalists (the kind who, as he might say, sometimes physically leave their offices). He admires Japanese manners and subtlety, similar in spirit to his own; remarks on their attitudes toward sex, as expressed in weird comic books; and singles out their attitude toward service, which contrasts neatly with American sales clerks who becomeoffended if you break their concentration - or into their conversation. All in all, for a thoughtful, balanced account of the life and culture of a nation that is ermously significant to Americans, you'll have to turn to ather book. But to discover what happens when you turn Barry l

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Publisher
Random House USA Inc
ISBN-10
0449908100
ISBN-13
9780449908105
eBay Product ID (ePID)
183276807

Additional Product Features

Place of Publication
NY
Content Note
Illustrations
Out-Of-Print Date
24/03/2012
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Author(s)
Dave Barry
Date of Publication
07/12/1994
Subject
Humour: Collections & General
Imprint
Fawcett
Country of Publication
United States

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