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Peter Carey, zweimaliger Booker Prize- Gewinner, geht zusammen mit seinem Sohn auf die Suche nach den Wurzeln der Manga Comics. Es ist eine Reise, die seine Einstellung gegenüber Japan und Mangas vollständig verändern wird. This stunning travelogue from twice Booker winning author Peter Carey re-evaluates Japan through its attempts to understand his son's favourite comics 'Mangas' and their hidden meanings.

In 2002, twice Booker-winning author Peter Carey travelled to Japan, accompanied by his twelve-year old son Charley, on a special kind of pilgrimage. In this memoir-cum-travelogue he charts this journey, inspired by Charley's passion for Japanese Manga and anime, and explores his own resulting re-evaluation of Japan.