Lady Joker / (Record no. 491583)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260318162740.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781529394177 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | Kenya National Library Service |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823 TAK |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Takamura, Kaoru |
| Relator term | Author |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Lady Joker / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Kaoru Takamura, translated from Japanese by Marie Iida, Allison Markin Powell. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 576 pages ; |
| Dimensions | 22 cm. |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Lady Joker (1). |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | One of Japan's great modern masters, Kaoru Takamura, makes her English-language debut with this two-volume publication of her magnum opus. Tokyo, 1995. Five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on horses. They have little in common except a deep disaffection with their lives, but together they represent the social struggles and griefs of post-War Japan: a poorly socialized genius stuck working as a welder; a demoted detective with a chip on his shoulder; a Zainichi Korean banker sick of being ostracized for his race; a struggling single dad of a teenage girl with Down syndrome. The fifth man bringing them all together is an elderly drugstore owner grieving his grandson, who has died suspiciously after the revelation of a family connection with the segregated buraku community, historically subjected to severe discrimination. Intent on revenge against a society that values corporate behemoths more than human life, the five conspirators decide to carry out a heist: kidnap the CEO of Japan's largest beer conglomerate and extract blood money from the company's corrupt financiers. Inspired by the unsolved true-crime kidnapping case perpetrated by "the Monster with 21 Faces," Lady Joker has become a cultural touchstone since its 1997 publication, acknowledged as the magnum opus by one of Japan's literary masters, twice adapted for film and TV and often taught in high school and college classrooms. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Crime |
| Form subdivision | Fiction. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Japan |
| Form subdivision | Fiction. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Iida, Marie |
| Relator term | Translator |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Powell, Allison Markin |
| Relator term | Translator |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Suppress in OPAC | No |
| Withdrawn status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Information Access | Acquisition, Cataloguing, Classification and Distribution Development | 03/18/2026 | BAI | 2124.00 | 823 TAK | B232607 | 03/18/2026 | 03/18/2026 | Books |