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Tanaka (or 'Brother') is a a mid-life gangster in crisis.  Being groomed to take control and start his own sub-gang seems like the next logical step in his career, but he's content with his lot in life as it is . . .  

Unfolding thorugh chiseled sketches and run through with tantalizing motifs, Ashes is an episodic and introspective hard-boiled crime novel that follows the fortunes of a yakuza mobster as his moment of truth approaches.

"Ashes is a fascinating look at the largely hidden world of the yakuza, Japan's mafia." -- Japan Visitor