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The Tattoo de Chris McKinney

The Tattoo

Autor Chris McKinney
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 mai 2007
"A stunning family saga narrated from within the walls of Halawa Prison." --The New York Times

"A book about 'the sins of the fathers' . . . A gritty, troubling book." --The Honolulu Advertiser

"The other Hawai'i, the one tourists never get to see." --Ian MacMillan

Ken Hideyoshi is the new guy in Halawa Correctional Institute. He's tough looking, a hard case, observes his cellmate Cal--the mute tattoo artist of the prison, a wife murderer. SYN, a gang symbol, is tattooed on his hand, and he has a Japanese emblem inscribed on his left shoulder. He asks Cal for a tattoo on his back, in kanji script, of Musashi's Book of the Void.

While he is being worked on, he tells Cal his life story, a tale of hardship and abuse. Motherless, he was raised by a distant father, a Vietnam War veteran, in the impoverished hinterlands. In his teen years he hung out with the native Hawaiian gangs and was drawn into the Hawaiian-Korean underworld of strip bars and massage parlors. His ambition and proud samurai spirit seem, inevitably, to lead to his downfall.

Chris McKinney is of Korean, Japanese, and Scottish descent. He was born in Honolulu and grew up in Kahaluu. He portrays the native Hawaiian experience from the inside, where children of mixed ethnicity grow up far from the clear water and pristine beaches of the rich visitors' resorts.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781569474501
ISBN-10: 1569474508
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 139 x 209 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Penguin Random House Group
Colecția Soho Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Descriere

Cal, a haole, is mute. He tattoos inmates of Halawa Prison and listens to their life stories. His new cellmate, a Japanese-Hawaiian raised by a bitter father, recounts a searing indictment of life in the underworld of this tropical paradise. A story of raw power, set in an intriguing locale, that shows the dark side of Hawaii. Optioned for a film by Mario Von Peebles.

Notă biografică

Chris McKinney is the author of The Tattoo and Bolohead Row. He is of Korean, Japanese, and Scottish descent. Born in Honolulu and raised in Kahaluu, he portrays the native Hawaiian experience from the inside, where children of mixed ethnicity grow up far from the clear water and pristine beaches of the rich visitors' resorts. He received both his BA and MA in English from the University of Hawaii and currently teaches at Honolulu Community College.