词条 | Shopping (novel) |
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| name = Shopping | image = File:ShoppingNovel.jpg | caption = First edition | author = Gavin Kramer | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = | genre = | publisher = Fourth Estate (UK) Soho Press (US) | release_date = 1998 (UK) 2000 (US) | media_type = Print | pages = 215 | isbn = 1-85702-807-4 | dewey = | congress = | oclc = | awards = David Higham Prize Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}Shopping is the debut novel by British author Gavin Kramer published in 1998 by Fourth Estate, it won the David Higham Prize, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and was short-listed for the Whitbread First Novel Award.[1] Plot IntroductionTall, awkward Meadowlark, an English lawyer is determined to make a success of his two-year assignment in Tokyo. He appears dull, infallible and incorruptible; immune to the temptations of the Roppongi nightlife. But then he meets Sachiko, a fashion obsessed teenager who leads him on an expensive buying spree. Eventually Sachiko meets a richer sponsor and Meadowlark falls apart... ReceptionReviews were generally positive :
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References1. ^www.fantasticfiction.co.uk Retrieved 2014-04-15. 2. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/04/23/reviews/000423.23proset.html Modern Geisha: An expat British lawyer falls hard for a Japanese teenager], New York Times, April 23, 2000 3. ^[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/gavin-kramer/shopping/ Kirkus Review] Retrieved 2014-04-15. 4. ^www.fantasticfiction.co.uk Retrieved 2014-04-15. 3 : 1998 novels|Novels set in Tokyo|Debut novels |
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