Naomi Suenagais a formercartoonist s secretary, hostess, and enka singer. She is the author of Bara No Onigokko (Roses Playing Tag), Bonno Haitatsunin (The Troubled Delivery Man), and Ukarezakura (Floating Cherry Blossom)."
"As far removed from Memoirs of a Geisha as can be
imagined...Suenaga's own experiences lend snap and crackle to this
tale of feisty perseverence and she conjures some deftly drawn and
amusing characters from this twilit world, intoxicated by the
promise of stardom."
"Gets the reader right into the heart and soul of the protagonist
as she battles with life' greatest problems."
"Suenaga takes the most unfashionable of Japan's art forms -
emotive enka folk-song - and dresses it in a tale that's an
unexpected treat."
"The Hundred-Yen Singer is a picaresque novel which aims to
demonstrate the vibrancy of the popular and non-elite."
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