Tales from the Café

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First published 2020 by Picador

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Copyright © Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2017

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Originally published in Japan as by Sunmark Publishing, Inc., Tokyo, Japan in 2017 Japanese/English translation rights arranged with Sunmark Publishing, Inc., through Gudovitz & Company Literary Agency, New York, USA

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