Tokyo Tangents is a quietly haunting, speculative fiction novel, laced with Japanese pop culture and metafictional nudges. Fans of Haruki Murakami, Makoto Shinkai, Andy Kaufman, or David Mitchell will feel right at home in this dreamlike Tokyo, where nothing is ever quite what it seems.
In the neon-lit party districts, between chiming convenience stores and countless hole-in-the-wall eateries, hidden histories lurk in every back alley. On the sweltering city streets, two strangers stumble upon a mystery that stretches far beyond their understanding of themselves and their place in the world.
A fading pianist, haunted by the weight of a crumbling career. A pharmacist, driven by the ghost of a brother long lost.
Linked by a fleeting encounter and an inexplicable connection, they begin pulling at threads that unravel long-buried secrets—about their families, their pasts, and the seemingly solid seams of the universe around them.
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