{"product_id":"seesaw-monster-kotaro-isaka-9781419777073","title":"Seesaw Monster","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gripping novel mixing mythology, family drama, espionage, and high technology from the international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBullet Train\u003c\/i\u003e, already in development for a major film starring Anne Hathaway and Salma Hayek\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSeesaw Monster, \u003c\/i\u003einternational bestselling author Kotaro Isaka employs his hallmarks of kinetic pacing, high-stakes action, and great characters to explore the nature of conflict, the power of close relationships, and the idea of progress. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Poor Naoto. A pharmaceutical salesman in Japan in the booming 1980s, his job has him working long hours, answering to his demanding boss and entertaining entitled customers. And at home, his wife, Miyako, and his mother are always feuding, making each other miserable. Why can't the two just get along? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then one day a mysterious visitor shows up at their door with a possible answer. Their conflict is larger--and far more ancient--than it might appear. When Naoto uncovers something wrong at work and his life is suddenly in danger, can the two women set aside their differences to save him? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Decades later, in our near-future, surveillance, facial-recognition software, and AI dominate Japan. The most sensitive information lives only on paper, and Mito makes his living delivering it. When a chance meeting with a stranger on a train draws Mito into a possible conspiracy, he finds himself face-to-face with his own enemy, a tragic double whose life has been intertwined with his own. Is this another instance of the ancient feud? And what role will Miyako, now in her nineties, play in this deadly game?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kotaro Isaka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1419777076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419777073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Overlook Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Kotaro Isaka","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46334710251775,"sku":"9781419777073","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seesaw-monster-kotaro-isaka-9781419777073","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}