This item has been stored at home. The contents are in like-new, excellent condition, but there is some aging on the cover and obi. As shown in the image, there is a very slight dent on a part of the back cover. We appreciate your understanding. Manabu Miyazaki, "Toppamono Sorekara" (The Breaker, And Then) This is the sequel to the bestseller "Toppamono" from about three years ago. The author is, as everyone knows, Manabu Miyazaki. In the previous work, he recounted his turbulent life of 50 years after the war in an autobiographical format, including being likened to the "fox-eyed man," a prime suspect in the Glico-Morinaga case. This time, he sheds light on the figures of people who were active in the midst of the bubble era, when all of Japan seemed to be afflicted with a fever. The subject matter is the land grab of the former site of Toyo Kinema in Kanda-Jimbocho, Tokyo, known as a book town. The author himself was deeply involved in the case as a "land shark." The figures of companies, banks, yakuza, and unscrupulous lawyers who flocked to the money-making schemes of hundreds of millions or billions of yen are vividly depicted. It's easy to simply deny "the bubble is bad," but that doesn't lead to a comprehensive understanding of "what the bubble was." What did many Japanese people discard, and what did they try to gain during a time when their desire for money was laid bare? The themes the author poses are also important for considering the direction of Japanese society after overcoming the current recession. Politicians, yakuza, swindlers, lawyers - the villains unfold a "dark banquet, the Asura-do of money." It depicts the human figures that swarmed the bubble era, at the scene of the bubble. Sequel to "Toppamono" published by Nanpusha in 1996. Contents Prologue: Awakening from Hibernation Chapter 1: Bundles of Cash and Established Stores - Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Chapter 2: Feast in a Depopulated Area - Yoshii-machi, Tano-gun, Gunma Prefecture Chapter 3: Bubble Lawyers and the Emperor's New Clothes - Kiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo Epilogue: Fleeting Days From Reviews During the bubble era, he embodies the bubble but lives a modest life, not holding onto money overnight. He has a yakuza for a parent, and he even joined the Communist Party, fearless and wanting to do big things. In the midst of this, he finds that being a land shark seems to be his natural calling, but he is astonished by the miserliness of the lawyer Kitazawa. The way bankers and lawyers, who should be noble and sincere, succumb to the allure of money is truly terrifying, and the author analyzes it calmly. The fact that they purchased land in Gunma for next to nothing at an unbelievably high price and tried to build a golf course, but had to give money to various politicians to get approval, is vivid. Gunma and Chiba Prefecture, which has many golf courses, makes one wonder if money was also given to politicians.