Fish Town
eBook - ePub
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Fish Town

  1. 214 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 25 Apr |Learn more

About this book

"For years my life had been a string of temporary work in factories and call centres or unemployed. Approaching 30 and disillusioned with life in Glasgow, I sold everything I had and left for a new life in a remote fishing village in Japan. I knew nothing of the language or the strange new land that I would call home for the next seven years. Fish Town is an eye-opening true story that paints the reality of living in Japan as an outsider."

John's debut memoir, written entirely on his phone, reads like a book of poetry or perhaps a long text message. This gifted writer captures the experience of a Scottish man living in Japan – with humour, wit, honesty, and by all means without an ounce of political correctness.

"Periods of hopelessness and despair are perfectly blended with hilarity and hope, instantly giving off vibes of Post Office by Charles Bukowski. Fagan's delivery is poignant and purposeful, with writing so crisp it's easy to fly through the pages. Truly a book I will never forget." – Aidan Martin, author of Euphoric Recall

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Table of contents

  1. fish town
  2. the old dreams will sleep
  3. glasgow airport
  4. japan
  5. to feel something
  6. off the plane
  7. a room like a spaceship
  8. suicide on the first train
  9. mountain school
  10. born in the usa
  11. squat
  12. florida man
  13. japanese pub
  14. lawson
  15. americans
  16. wounds
  17. a fisherman next door
  18. monkey time
  19. dvd
  20. fax machines
  21. the local train
  22. teppie
  23. we are the world
  24. earthquake drill
  25. neko food
  26. umeboshi
  27. teppie debut
  28. sunday afternoon
  29. lost
  30. mr yesterday
  31. the beach
  32. summer in fish town
  33. losing weight
  34. air con
  35. mount fuji
  36. the burning sun
  37. a cunt of a marine
  38. yurt
  39. wada
  40. the electric sun of night
  41. happy birthday
  42. hungover in 45-degree heat
  43. miho
  44. visitors
  45. rebels with a cause
  46. opai wassho
  47. lunches out of the window
  48. violence
  49. lunch thief
  50. page 3 fellas