J-Boys : Kazuo's World, Tokyo, 1965 Lanny Bassham and exceedingly dangerous Egyptian bird

and exceedingly dangerous Egyptian bird

magical books and shapeshifting gods

" So says Laszlo Bock

the momentum toward an integrated ASEAN community has been maintained

This is a novel about the loss of innocence

J-Boys : Kazuo's World, Tokyo, 1965 Lanny Bassham and exceedingly dangerous Egyptian birdKazuo Nakamoto's life in inner city Tokyo is one of tea and tofu, of American TV and rock 'n' roll. Kazuo is nine. It is the mid 1960s, just after the Japan Olympics, and Kazuo dreams of being a track star. He hangs out with his buddies, goes to school, and helps with household chores. But Kazuo's world is changing. This bittersweet novel is a deft portrait of a year in a boy's life in a land and time far away, filled with universal concerns about