This novel, set in Kappaland and peopled with a creature from Japanese folklore--a scaly, child-size being with a face like a tiger and a sharply pointed beak--is a brilliant, entertaining satire of Japanese life and customs.
This novel, set in Kappaland and peopled with a creature from Japanese folklore--a scaly, child-size being with a face like a tiger and a sharply pointed beak--is a brilliant, entertaining satire of Japanese life and customs.