Adored by readers, the million-copy Japanese magical realist mystery for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD<\/p>\n
If you could meet any dead person of your choosing for one night, who would it be?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
When Hirase, a young woman from Tokyo arranges an appointment with The Go-Between, she doesn’t expect a teenager to show up. Dressed preppy-style in a duffel coat and carrying a notebook, he communicates with the dead – at least, this is what Hirase has pieced together from the Internet – offering them a chance to travel back into the real world.<\/p>\n
He quickly lays down some ground-rules: you are allowed only one meeting with the dead, for a single night; the dead person must not have been called back by anyone else before, plus they have the right to refuse. Lastly, the service is entirely free.<\/p>\n
Four more characters will enlist the Go-Between for an emotional encounter with the dead.<\/p>\n
What is the mystery behind this smart young man with the notebook and why does he insist on meeting in, of all places, a freezing cold hospital carpark?<\/i><\/p>\n
Utterly unique and soul-stirring, THE GO-BETWEEN explores the wonder of life, the magic of the ordinary and the importance of friendship and always making amends, from Japan’s best-loved magical realist mystery author.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When Hirase, a young woman from Tokyo, arranges an appointment with the Go-Between, she doesn’t expect a teenager to show up. Dressed preppy-style in a duffel coat and carrying a notebook, he invites the dead back into the real world – at least, this is what Hirase has pieced together from his website page. Ushered into a luxury hotel to await her meeting, the Go-Between lays down the ground-rules: the reunion lasts one evening under a full moon; the dead person cannot be called back by anyone else, and may refuse to meet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[225],"product_tag":[26827,26816,328,26861,26830],"class_list":["post-113351","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-sci-fi-fantasy","product_tag-narrative-theme-death-grief-loss","product_tag-crime-mystery-fiction","product_tag-fiction-in-translation","product_tag-magical-realism","product_tag-modern-contemporary-fiction","pa_book_author-tsujimura-mizuki","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-895-636-edition23","pa_edition-1st-paperback-ed","pa_imprint-penguin-books","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8634","pa_publisher-penguin-books","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n