Description:
An illustrated collection of quirky and darkly funny short stories, set mostly in contemporary Japan.
A man turns an ambulance team away after his smart watch predicts an oncoming heart attack. A commuter's attempt to tell a woman she has a white hair leads to a police arrest. Neighbourly concern leads to a hair-raising encounter with a Japanese demon.
At times speculative, at times grounded in the mundanity of the everyday, these tales explore the absurdities of modern life.
Brief description: Chris Green was born in Middlesborough, UK. He has also lived in South Africa, Germany, and since 1994 Japan, where he works for an IT company. He started writing shortly after moving to Japan, and one of his short stories was published in a magazine a few years later. Chris currently lives just outside of Tokyo with his wife and daughter. His hobbies include writing poor haiku in Japanese and playing darts badly - but not at the same time!
Review Quotes: Reviews for Takeout Sushi:
"Smart, witty, delightful stories by a keen-eyed observer not only of contemporary Japanese life, but of life in general. Christopher Green is a talented writer we should all be reading―and hoping for more wonderful stories from in the future" -- David Joiner, author of Kanazawa and The Heron Catchers
"Christopher Green has a way of taking a character quirk or a weird experience and turning it into a story that clearly reveals the heart of the character involved. His prose is immensely readable." -- Steve Redford, author of Spider Lilies Bleed
"A wonderfully eclectic array of tales told with humour and heart." -- Simon Rowe, author of Mami Suzuki: Private Eye