Life for Sale - Penguin Modern Classics

1st paperback ed

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Publisher's Synopsis

'The best book I've read this year ... darkly comedic and full of tension and surprise' Marina Abramovic

'Life for sale. Use me as you wish. I am a twenty-seven-year-old male. Discretion guaranteed. Will cause no bother at all.'


When Hanio Yamada realises the future holds little of worth to him, he puts his life for sale in a Tokyo newspaper, thus unleashing a series of unimaginable exploits. A world of murderous mobsters, hidden cameras, a vampire woman, poisoned carrots, code-breaking, a hopeless junkie heiress and makeshift explosives reveals itself to the unwitting hero. Is there nothing he can do to stop it? Resolving to follow the orders of his would-be purchasers, he comes to understand what life is worth, and whether we can indeed name our price.

Book information

ISBN: 9780241333150
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Pub date:
Edition: 1st paperback ed
DEWEY: 895.635
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Sales rank: 2603
Number of pages: 192
Weight: 146g
Height: 128mm
Width: 197mm
Spine width: 17mm