Tokyo Underworld: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan, Robert Whiting"A fascinating look at some fascinating people who show how democracy advances hand in hand with crime in Japan." Mario Puzo In this unorthodox chronicle of the rise of Japan, Inc., Robert Whiting, author of You Gotta Have Wa , gives us a fresh perspective on the economic miracle and near disaster that is modern Japan. Through the eyes of Nick Zappetti, a former GI, former black marketer, failed professional wrestler, bungling diamond thief who turned

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