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Michael Thuresson

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THE SALARYMAN

An American dude becomes a Toyko white-collar warrior

Read this hilarious memoir that details Thuresson’s romp through four Japanese companies in his near-decade as an immigrant Tokyo salaryman. Find out what it’s like to be mentored by the wise office sake master and yellow-carded by the human resources department for having an “unrefreshing” desk, and discover the trap awaiting Americans on the Japanese driver’s license test course.

This fun, illustrated journey through Tokyo middle-class life is a street-level study of Japanese culture that world travelers, Japan tourists and lovers of office humor will guzzle down faster than a salaryman does his first beer after work.

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BOOK REVIEWS

“Thoroughly entertaining…astute…A true insider’s look at corporate Japan.”
The Japan Times
“Fun, digestible and relatable”
Tokyo Weekender
“Excellent portrayal of just how shocking culture shock can be”
Rochelle Kopp, Author of more than 30 Japan books
“Made me laugh out loud…exposing the underside of Japanese business”
Japan Intercultural Consulting
“An excellent read”
Japan Insider
“Introduces the average salaryman life in a comic, interesting and entertaining way”
Books on Asia
“Exhilarating, funny, yet very insightful take on Japan”
Sumie Kawakami, Author of Goodbye Madame Butterfly
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