Jackson Alone
ISBN-13: 9781641296366
Author(s): Jose Ando
Subjects: FH
Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP
Publisher Imprint: Soho Crime
Publication Date: 06-01-2026
Format: Hardback
Availability: In stock
£25.99
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About the book
Nobody at the corporate offices of Athletius Japan knows much about the massage therapist, Jackson-but rumors abound. He used to work as a model. He likes to party. He's mixed race-half-Japanese, half-somewhere-in-Africa-n. He might be gay. Fueling the gossip is the sudden appearance of a violent pornographic video featuring a man who looks a lot like Jackson. When Jackson serendipitously meets three other queer mixed-race guys, he learns he's not the only one being targeted. Together they concoct a plan: find out who's responsible and, in the meantime, switch identities and play tricks on people-a boyfriend, a boss-who've wronged them, exploiting the fact that nobody can seem to tell them apart. A short, blistering gut punch of a novel, Jackson Alone is at turns satirical and deadpan, angry and tender-a frank exploration of identity, race, and queerness in contemporary Japan that announces Jose Ando as a singular new talent in the global literary scene.