Book Review: The Thief

Fuminori Nakamura is Japan's new sensation. Recent winner of Japan's most prestigious literary prize,The Akutagawa Award, The Thief is his first novel published in English. It's a crime novel you won't be able to forget or put down - a cross between James Patterson, Franz Kafka, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. If this hasn't piqued your interest, have you ever thought of the psychological dynamics of a pickpoket as he weaves his way through Tokyo crowds? How does he operate? What is he thinking? Does he have a moral system? Does he love? Can a brief moment of spiritual enlightenment and a moment of kindness change his eternal path? In just two hundred and eleven pages you are going to have your socks knocked off! Fast-paced entertainment with a spiritual thunder clap that will enlighten the most critical reader! - Henry (Downtown)