ME by Tomoyuki Hoshino, translated by Charles De Wolf [in Booklist]
29 May, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation
The back cover insists ME “centers on the ‘It’s me’ telephone scam” in which a caller often targets the elderly, seeking funds to cover a false emergency. The ploy is more a brief narrative catalyst here; McDonald’s, in comparison, gets enough pagetime to make the novel occasionally...