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      Wonderful Fool

      by Shusaku Endo
      Published
      Oct 1983
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      200
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      Gaston Bonaparte, a young Frenchman, visits Tokyo to stay with his pen-pal Takamori. His appearance is a bitter disappointment to his new friends and his behavior causes them acute embarrassment. He is a trusting person with a simple love for others, and he continues to trust even after they have demonstrated deceit and betrayal. He spends his time not sightseeing but making friends with street children, stray dogs, prostitutes, and gangsters. This novel charts his misadventures with sharp irony, satire, and objectivity.

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      Jun 2008 Peter Owen Publishers ISBN13 9780720613209 ISBN10 0720613205
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      Oct 1995 Peter Owen Ltd ISBN13 9780720609790 ISBN10 0720609798
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      Sep 2000 Peter Owen Ltd ISBN13 9780720610802 ISBN10 072061080X
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      First Edition Jan 1983 HarperCollins ISBN13 9780068598534 ISBN10 006859853X
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      Jan 1974 Owen ISBN13 9780720604924 ISBN10 0720604923
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