{"product_id":"angry-white-pyjamas-9780688175375","title":"Angry White Pyjamas","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdrift in Tokyo, translating obscene rap lyrics for giggling Japanese high school girls, \"thirtynothing\" Robert Twigger comes to a revelation about himself: He has never been fit nor brave. Guided by his roommates, Fat Frank and Chris, he sets out to cleanse his body and mind. Not knowing his fist from his elbow, the author is drawn into the world of Japanese martial arts, joining the Tokyo Riot Police on their yearlong, brutally demanding course of \u003cem\u003ebudo\u003c\/em\u003e training, where any ascetic motivation soon comes up against bloodstained \"white pyjamas\" and fractured collarbones. In \u003cem\u003eAngry White Pyjamas, \u003c\/em\u003e Twigger blends, the ancient with the modern--the ultratraditionalism, ritual, and violence of the dojo (training academy) with the shopping malls, nightclubs, and scenes of everyday Tokyo life in the 1990s--to provide a brilliant, bizarre glimpse of life in contemporary Japan.\u003c\/p\u003eAdrift in Tokyo, \"thirtynothing\" Robert Twigger came to a revelation about himself: He had never been fit or brave. Guided by his roommates, he set out to cleanse his body and mind. Not knowing his fist from his elbow, the author is sucked into the world of Japanese martial arts and joins the Tokyo Riot Police on their year-long, brutally demanding course of budo training, where any ascetic motivation soon comes up against blood-stained \"white pyjamas\" and fractured collarbones. In this entertaining book, Twigger blends the ancient with the modern--the ultratraditionalism, ritual, and violence of the \"dojo\" (training academy) with the shopping malls, nightclubs, and scenes of everyday Tokyo life in the 1990s--to provide a brilliant, bizarre glimpse of contemporary Japan.Adrift in Tokyo, \"thirtynothing\" Robert Twigger came to a revelation about himself: He had never been fit or brave. Guided by his roommates, he set out to cleanse his body and mind. Not knowing his fist from his elbow, the author is sucked into the world of Japanese martial arts and joins the Tokyo Riot Police on their year-long, brutally demanding course of budo training, where any ascetic motivation soon comes up against blood-stained \"white pyjamas\" and fractured collarbones. In this entertaining book, Twigger blends the ancient with the modern--the ultratraditionalism, ritual, and violence of the \"dojo\" (training academy) with the shopping malls, nightclubs, and scenes of everyday Tokyo life in the 1990s--to provide a brilliant, bizarre glimpse of contemporary Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwigger, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Robert Twigger, the author of \u003cem\u003eAngry White Pyjamas\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBig Snake, \u003c\/em\u003e was born in 1964 and educated at Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Poetry Prize. In 1991 he went to Japan, studied traditional martial arts, and completed the course for the Tokyo riot police. In 1996 Twigger trained as a bullfighter in Spain, went looking for bona fide zombies in Haiti, and reported for the \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e on chain gangs in Arizona. In 1997 he spent four months in Indonesia, attempting to capture the longest snake in the world. After many setbacks and adventures, his team succeeded in capturing a python twenty-six feet long -- almost certainly a world record for a snake currently in captivity. In addition to writing books, he is a regular contributor to \u003cem\u003eEsquire, Maxim, \u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph, \u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times.\u003c\/em\u003e He lives in London.","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50914082849042,"sku":"9780688175375","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e538e46-422f-4c3c-8cc3-6f96fed84ae2.jpg?v=1738804548","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/angry-white-pyjamas-9780688175375","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}