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Michael Pronko
Michael Pronko is an award-winning, Tokyo-based writer of murder, memoir and music. His writings on Tokyo life and his taut character-driven mysteries have won critics’ awards and ...view moreMichael Pronko is an award-winning, Tokyo-based writer of murder, memoir and music. His writings on Tokyo life and his taut character-driven mysteries have won critics’ awards and five-star reviews. Kirkus Reviews called his second novel, The Moving Blade, “An elegant balance of Japanese customs with American-style hard-boiled procedural” and selected it for their Best Books of 2018.Michael also runs the website, Jazz in Japan, about the vibrant jazz scene in Tokyo and Yokohama. He has written regular columns about Japanese culture, art, jazz, society and politics for Newsweek Japan, The Japan Times, Artscape Japan, Jazznin, and ST Shukan. He has also appeared on NHK and Nippon Television.A philosophy major, Michael traveled for years, ducking in and out of graduate schools, before finishing his PhD on Charles Dickens and film, and settling in Tokyo as a professor of American Literature at Meiji Gakuin University. He teaches contemporary American novels, film adaptations, music and art.view less
Books by Michael Pronko
The Last Train Azabu Getaway Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Last Train Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beauty and Chaos Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Moving Blade Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Moving Blade Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMotions and Moments Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tokyo Traffic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTokyo's Mystery Deepens Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeauty and Chaos Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tokyo Traffic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings