>>87247411
>>>87244359
>>get a book on the Yakuza
>>Billed as the best english language book every written on the subject
>>first 200 pages are boring recaps of fascism, communism and the CIA
>>next 200 pages are about unions and politicians
>>last 100 pages are brief overview of their criminal behavior
>Very gay. Very, very gay.
>They're basically just Yellow Nazis meets the Sopranos with more corruption and less shooting each other. Rip off.
So guys, I'm reading this thread in tv and this the place where to ask a good book on yakuza.
Not novels, but history and real story like gomorra would be perfect.
>>9976414
bump. I would like to know too. Also about criminal gangs in China, or Chinese criminal outfits that operate in Japan, if these exist (there were some in a Murakami novel, but I don't know if there's any truth to it or not.)