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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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  • 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
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It wasn't the sound of an airplane.

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This is book 434 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Ryū Murakami (Author)

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  1. Nancy Andrew (Translator)

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Original Language: Japanese
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Country: Japan
Publication Date: 1976
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Page Count: 128

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Reading Level: Adults

Contains obscene language, sexual and abusive scenes


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