This witty, real-life story follows the fate of a bemused ex-backpacker Irishman who finds himself settling down as a lifer at one of the largest and most conservative Japanese corporate companies, with a Japanese wife and a happy home. Murtagh's humor is as informed as it is subtle, and his many hilarious anecdotes are underlined with a genuine warmth toward his colleagues whom he portrays as real individuals. This book is a lighthearted, yet thought-provoking, insight into the eventful life of the "Paradoxical Being" — the "native" foreigner.
