WHO IS MR SATOSHI?

Book ID/图书代码： 0020000B35512

English Summary/英文概要： ’One afternoon last October, on the concrete of her patio garden, my mother had a fall…That was the last time I really had any options.’

Reclusive photographer Rob Fossick has come adrift both from society and his creative urge. But when his mother dies, Rob is suddenly presented with an unwanted yet intriguing problem to solve – minutes before her death, he discovers that she was hoping to deliver a package to an enigmatic character called Mr Satoshi, but the name and the contents of the parcel are shrouded in mystery.

So begins a quest that takes Rob out of his isolation and plunges him, anxious and unprepared, into the urban maelstrom of Tokyo. With the help of a colourful group of new acquaintances – an octogenarian amateur detective; a beautiful ‘love hotel’ receptionist; an ex-sumo wrestler obsessed with Dolly Parton – Rob edges closer to uncovering the mystery surrounding Mr Satoshi, and in the process comes face to face with some demons of his own.

Combining several interlocking mysteries – both past and present – Who is Mr Satoshi? is a uniquely inventive and unforgettable story of a fragile soul coming to terms with the fact that no one, in the end, is quite who they seem to be.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本書有如英國版《海角七號》
受到各界矚目令人難忘的愛情

有些愛情已經隨年歲逝去，有的卻即將萌芽，當兩段故事交織在一起，一段不為人知的過往，揭開的真相如此脆弱，卻更令人為之動容。《悟史先生之迷》以日本東京都為當代背景，將一連串神秘事件和愛情故事結合。
這個故事以第一人稱開始敍述。
主角Rob Fossick在失去妻子後，多年來經歷跌跌撞撞的人生，一直無法從中復原。
而多年來罹患老年癡呆症的母親也突然離世而去，但是辭世前Rob的母親留下了一個一直從未寄出的包裹，收件人為『悟史先生』。
Rob決定把母親臨走前最後的話與遺物，告知交給悟史先生，但是他究竟是誰?而在Rob解開種種謎團的過程中，他卻發現了母親隱藏多年的秘密，而他也必須即將面臨的，不僅是母親在日本鮮為人知的過去，更要直視面對自己隱藏於內心多年的罪惡感…(Ruby & Chris)

Awards/获奖情况：版權已售:
■ Holland: Artemis
■ Italy: Minimum Fax
■ France: Grassest
■ Germany: Rowohlt Verlag
■ Spain: Ediciones Duomo

Review:
Compelling, funny and beautifully written, this novel is one of those rare treats - a book you won’t want to put down---Jennie Rooney, author of INSIDE THE WHALE

Jonathan Lee paints an exhilarating portrait of modern day Tokyo in limpid, intelligent prose as we accompany his narrator along his wildly labyrinthine voyage through the city---Chloe Aridjis

Funny and moving, Who Is Mr Satoshi? introduces another newcomer who will catch prize judges’ attentions. Set in Japan, it concerns Rob Fossick, an English photographer who has been unable to work since his wife died. When his mother, too, is suddenly killed, he discovers she has left instructions that he must deliver a package to a mysterious Mr Satoshi in Tokyo. Lurching from crisis to crisis as he stumbles drunk and weeping through a strange culture, he engages the help of a pink-haired Japanese girl and a former sumo wrestler. Fossick (a great name for someone on a quest) eventually unravels a mystery stretching back to the time of the Allied occupation.---Giles Foden, author of THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

an elegant and incisive examination of how history and our perceptions of the world are partial, filtered, and continually revised…Who is Mr Satoshi? ask[s] intriguing questions about how we see, remember and narrate our lives.---Observer

a lyrical page-turner---Naomi Alderman

About the Author/作者介绍： Jonathan Lee was born in Surrey in 1981. He graduated from the University of Bristol with a First in English Literature and then, after spending some time living in South America, went on to become a solicitor at a City law firm. In 2007 he was posted to the firm’s Tokyo office, and during his time there became increasingly interested in Japanese culture and history. On his return to London he began writing his first novel, Who is Mr Satoshi?
Jonathan Lee畢業於英國布里斯托大學。在律師事務所工作後，07年被派往在東京的辦事處。那段期間，Jonathan對日本的文化和歷史產生了濃厚的興趣。回到倫敦之後，他便撰寫了首部受到各界矚目的小說《悟史先生之迷》。

Format:HARDCOVER

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