Books / Reviews | ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES Jun 24, 2017
'The Informer': Portrait of a pivotal period in Japan
by Stephen Mansfield
Based on the true story of a stock trader, the 1965 novel "The Informer" is remarkably prescient in describing the greed and venality that was, two decades later, to become a hallmark of the delirious days of Japan's bubble-era economy. The Informer, by Akimitsu Takagi, ...