Autor: Michael Pronko

Whether contemplating Tokyo’s odd-shaped bonsai houses, endless walls of bottles, pachinko parlors, chopstick ballet or the perilous habit of running for trains, the essays in Beauty and Chaos explor …

What happens when large bugs get trapped on crowded Tokyo trains? How does allergy season affect Tokyo’s millions? Ever wonder why Japanese love to take photos together or how everyone feels during r …

When the top American diplomat in Tokyo, Bernard Mattson, is killed, he leaves more than a lifetime of successful Japan-American negotiations. He leaves a missing manuscript, boxes of research, a los …

In Tokyo, murder’s easy to hide. Detective Hiroshi Shimizu investigates white collar crime in Tokyo. When an American businessman turns up dead, his mentor Takamatsu calls him out to the site of a gr …

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“Tokyo is as complex as a long novel, as confusing as an avant-garde film and, sometimes, as strikingly beautiful as calligraphy.” Part memoir, part travelogue, and part culture guide, Beauty and Cha …

 “A rare glimpse of the structure and nature of Tokyo’s underlying psyche.” Midwest Book Review Award-winning novelist Michael Pronko examines Tokyo as a place, a culture, and a series of intens …

“Takes the sweeping size, bustle, and chaos of Tokyo and makes it small, introspective, and personal, ” Independent Publisher.  “Captures the essence and allure of Tokyo.” Feathered Quill. “A me …

In Tokyo, your job can kill After a top-tier manager in Japan’s premier media company ends up dead in front of company headquarters, Detective Hiroshi enters the high-pressure, hard-driving world of …

Money isn’t everything. It’s the deadly thing. After the murder of a high-flying executive in one of Tokyo’s wealth management firms, Detective Hiroshi finds himself investigating the financial schem …

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In Tokyo, there isn’t always respect for older people. Sometimes, it’s the opposite. After the suspicious deaths of a seventy-something woman and a student recluse, Detective Hiroshi tracks down a ga …

Tokyo Tempos In Tokyo Tempos, award-winning mystery writer Michael Pronko writes about the mystery of everyday Tokyo life. He takes his three decades of living, writing, and teaching in Japan and del …