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More copies of this ISBN:Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymoreby Ray Loriga
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In the near future, a nameless drug dealer begins to sample his own product: a drug that erases memories. The chaos that ensues makes riveting, if frequently disorienting, reading. A mindbending novel of the highest order, Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore should appeal to anybody who appreciates edgy and unique fiction. Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A cult figure in Europe and Spain's hottest talent, Ray Loriga has been "hailed as the voice of a new generation" (Daily Telegraph), impressing the literary world with each new work of his innovative fiction. With his intense new novel Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore, Loriga lays bare the world we live in, the drug culture that surrounds us, the nature of forgetfulness, and the implacable tyranny of emotions. Set in the very near future, it is the story of a traveling salesman floating from arid Arizona parking lots to steamy Bangkok bars to peddle the hottest new commodity for a group known only as The Company. What he has is a drug that erases memory. You can choose your oblivion, be it one mistake or a lifetime of pain, but things become hazy when our hero begins sampling the goods and reaches the point where he can't even remember what it is he cannot remember. A pitch-perfect mood piece for our times, quickened with his graceful and hypnotic prose, Loriga is tackling nothing less than the question of what it means to be human when everything, including human identity, can be bought. This is a novel as compelling as they come from a writer who is not to be forgotten. Review:"By turns dreamlike and disturbing, Loriga's chilling, concise prose shines a dark spotlight on the modern allure of pharmaceuticals' seeming power to assuage all ills. As a portrayal of narcotic dissipation, the novel ranks with William Burroughs' best." Booklist Review:"[A] gorgeous, enigmatic new novel....Brilliantly marrying style and story." Andrew Sean Greer, Washington Post Book World Review:"Wow! If Philip K. Dick and Philip Jose Farmer teamed up with William S. Burroughs, the trio might riff out something like this strange and moving novel....[T]he writing is...pithy and thought-provoking." Jim Hopper, San Diego Union-Tribune Review:"Ray Loriga is an emerging cult writer whose every page oozes genius." Scotland on Sunday (UK) Review:"Loriga is set to join that select band of writers — like Michael Houellebecq and Haruki Murakami — who are busy retooling fiction for the twenty-first century." Wayne Burrows, The Big Issue in the North Review:"Like the rush of an electric guitar riff charging up your spine, Ray Loriga's voice angles, beautifully desperate, to grasp our place in these chaotic times." Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth Synopsis:Set in the very near future, this is the story of a traveling salesman floating from arid Arizona parking lots to steamy Bangkok bars to peddle the hottest new commodity — a drug that erases memory — for a group known only as The Company.
About the AuthorRay Loriga was born in 1967. An author, screenwriter, and director, this is his second novel to be published in the United States. Loriga has been published in eleven countries; Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore in eight. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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