Gangsters, Geishas, Monks & Me: A Memoir of Three Years in the Underbelly of Japan

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As a lover of Japanese culture, especially the 'forbidden world,' this book provided insight of what a life was like for a gangster's family. This book isn't about what a life is like for a yakuza This is about a woman's life as a yakuza's daughter as the title states , which was just as interesting to me.

You can tell how much the yakuza lifestyle has affected Shoko's family and her own lifestyle. You can see how much her father's lifestyle haunted her in various ways.

It's crazy how our families can cause create our path in life - at first, that is. Then you can see how Shoko overcomes her obstacles and created her own path. The way this was written was very straight-forward and raw. It was incredibly refreshing.

Actually, I'm going to read this book again today! I enjoyed this accounting, although the writing style was very, very elementary. I want to attribute it to it being a translation but other than that the book was good, very raw, and very honest. A lot of it was difficult to digest because of the graphic depictions of drug use, rape, and abuse toward Shoko but that didn't detract from the overall story.

Offered the chance to work in Bali as a marketing manager for a development company, Australian Malcolm Scott had no idea that he would be surrounded by prostitutes, drug peddlers, drunk tourists and even more intoxicated expats. He quickly hired Balinese gang members as security only to later hire new security to protect himself from his own security.

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