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Description edit
Almost Transparent Blue is a brutal tale of lost youth in a Japanese port town close to an American military base. Murakami's image-intensive narrative paints a portrait of a group of friends locked in a destructive cycle of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. The novel is all but plotless, but the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Ryū: Narrator. 19-year-old bisexual substance abuser
- Lilly: Ryū's prostitute friend and casual sex partner
- Reiko: From Okinawa, sexually promiscuous friend of Ryū and girlfriend of Okinawa
- Okinawa: From Okinawa, drug addicted friend of Ryū and boyfriend of Reiko
- Yoshiyama: Unemployed junkie friend of Ryū and abusive boyfriend of Kei
- Kei: Friend of Ryū and sexually promiscuous girlfriend of Yoshiyama
- Kazuo: Male friend of Ryū
- Moko: Sexually promiscuous substance abuser friend of Ryū
- Jackson: African American Airman at the local AFB, he arranges for group sex escapades with his base comrades and Ryū's group
- Saburo: Add a description of this character.
- Oscar
- Bob
- Tami: Bob's woman
- Green Eyes
First Sentence edit
It wasn't the sound of an airplane.
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Series & Lists edit
This is book 434 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Japanese
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Country: Japan
Publication Date: 1976
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Page Count: 128
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Japan
Publication Date: 1976
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 128
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- Dewey: 895.6'85
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