false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255983214m/229315.jpg 229315 5 From Jon Courtenay Grimwood, author of the celebrated Arabesk series, comes a stunningly inventive novel of futuristic noir set in a world of shifting realities. Here a man is drawn into a gritty postmodern subculture and a secret kingdom of otherworldly beings to find what he lost long ago: a reason to live.<br><br>Kit Nouveau figured he&#8217;d already come to the end of the world. An Iraqi war veteran, expatriate, and part owner of Pirate Mary&#8217;s, the best Irish bar in Tokyo, Kit had settled down to await the inevitable with barely a whimper. It wasn&#8217;t exactly how Kit thought he&#8217;d end up, and he was right.<br><br>It&#8217;s going to end up a lot worse.<br><br>A teenage runaway with fifteen million dollars in stolen cash and a taste for cosplay is about to save Kit&#8217;s life in a lethal swirl of scarlet and bridal lace. Lady Neku, a.k.a. Countess of High Strange, has her own dangerous destiny to fulfill and it&#8217;s mysteriously connected to Kit&#8217;s ravaged past. Now Kit&#8217;s only hope for redemption is to save an ex-girlfriend he tragically failed once before. But everyone says it&#8217;s already too late. And she&#8217;s left behind only one ominous clue: her suicide note. 1680044 2006 End of the World Blues total:83|5:9|4:36|3:30|2:6|1:2| 83 293 137 21 229315 0553589962 9780553589962 72 18 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255983214m/229315.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/229315.End_of_the_World_Blues 2 0 false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 05:52:36 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 03:44:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 229315 0553589962 9780553589962 72 18 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255983214m/229315.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/229315.End_of_the_World_Blues 3 0 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 11:20:58 -0700 2008 Tue May 26 09:12:25 -0700 2009 http://www.fnordinc.com/2008/08-11/jon-c...

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