
- 214 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Fish Town
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
- fish town
- the old dreams will sleep
- glasgow airport
- japan
- to feel something
- off the plane
- a room like a spaceship
- suicide on the first train
- mountain school
- born in the usa
- squat
- florida man
- japanese pub
- lawson
- americans
- wounds
- a fisherman next door
- monkey time
- dvd
- fax machines
- the local train
- teppie
- we are the world
- earthquake drill
- neko food
- umeboshi
- teppie debut
- sunday afternoon
- lost
- mr yesterday
- the beach
- summer in fish town
- losing weight
- air con
- mount fuji
- the burning sun
- a cunt of a marine
- yurt
- wada
- the electric sun of night
- happy birthday
- hungover in 45-degree heat
- miho
- visitors
- rebels with a cause
- opai wassho
- lunches out of the window
- violence
- lunch thief
- page 3 fellas