Slow BoatBy: Hideo Furukawa Series: Japanese Novellas A startling novella from the heir to Haruki Murakami and Gabriel Garca Mrquez Trapped in Tokyo, left behind by a series of girlfriends, the narrator of Slow Boat sizes up his situation. His missteps, his violent rebellions, his tiny victories. But he is not a passive loser, content to accept all that fate hands him. He attempts one last escape to the edges of the city, holding the only safety net he has